CultureNariño
Titles
- Nose Ornament with Birds
Date600–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumHammered and cut gold and copper
Dimensions3 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 1/8 in. (8.9 × 15.9 × .3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.917
Non exposé
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Album #8, precedes related object in slide dated "FEB 72" and with André Emmerich Photo Cat. No. YE 412.
[2] Glassell Inventory.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)
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1100–1450 AD
Hammered, cut, and chased gold
2001.1062.1,.2