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Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Datec. 200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/4 × 4 3/16 in. (8.3 × 10.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4459
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 May 12, 1979–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes objects purchased from Sotheby's auction on May 12, 1979.

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front of object
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front of object
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500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.951
Nose Ornament
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600–1600 AD
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front of object
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100 BC–600 AD
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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
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2001.946
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.947
Unknown Central and South American