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Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 3/16 in. (5.4 × 8.2 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.604
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceOld collection sticker on the back reads "gn 33," possibly a John Wise number;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.603

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso, circular sticker with handwritten "9N / 33"
Verso, square sticker with handwritten "20g"

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