Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Nose Ornament
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
  • Nose Ornament with Spherical Dangles
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/16 × 6 7/16 × 1/4 in. (15.4 × 16.4 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.511
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, 1987–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #10, precedes objects purchased on May 19, 1987.

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