Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face

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Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 13/16 × 2 5/8 in. (4.6 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.592
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDomingo Seminario Museum;
Back has two old collection stickers - one reads "GN 1" and the other appears to read "5'/2 g.";
Probably purchased from John Wise;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1980 [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"]
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.592

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