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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 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (6.6 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.619
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDomingo Seminario Museum;
Probably purchased from John Wise during the early 1970's [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"]
Two old collection stickers on the back read "GN 16" and "85E". A third sticker is covered by the one reading "85E" and is thus unreadable;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1980;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.619
Published References "Treasures of Peruvian Gold: An exhibition sponsored by the government of Peru," 1965-66, fig. 18. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink on sticker on verso: GN 16
Raised stamp on verso: 85 E

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