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Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions7/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 in. (2.2 × 18.7 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.946
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceMontclair Art Museum, Monclair, New Jersey, before May 19, 1987 [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1987, lot 62]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 1987–2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's Catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #10.

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Gold
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Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.950
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Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
1–1550
Gold
2001.913
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Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold and silver
2001.942
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Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
1–1550
Gold
2001.948
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Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
100–800 AD
Greenstone and gold
2001.957
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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
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.947
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.953
Unknown Central and South American