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Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureNariño
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date800–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 1/8 in. (6.1 × 11.7 × 3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.915
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1988, lot 34]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, May 17, 1988—2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #11.

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500–1550 AD
Gold
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100 BC–600 AD
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Nose Ornament
1–1550
Gold
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100–800 AD
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Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.951
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.911
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold and silver
2001.943
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2001.944
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Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.946
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.947
Unknown Central and South American