Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3/4 × 7/8 × 5/8 in. (1.9 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4388
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 1969–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Album #5, before slide dated "AUG 69."

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