Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureVicús

Titles

Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face

Date200 BC–400 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (8.9 × 12 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.594

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

Exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceDomingo Seminario Museum, before 1965;
Probably John Wise, 1970's;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1970's [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.594

Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Published References "Treasures of Peruvian Gold: An exhibition sponsored by the government of Peru," 1965-66, fig. 24. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stickers on verso: GN4; 84A; 24A.

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