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CultureTairona
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 1 11/16 in. (3.2 × 4.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.585
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance(Sold at Sotheby's NY, 5.17.1993, lot #252, as part of a group of sixteen ornaments);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.585

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front of object
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900–200 BC
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900–200 BC
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front of object
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200 BC–400 AD
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front of object
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200 BC–400 AD
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2010.627
front of object
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200 BC–400 AD
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front of object
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200 BC–400 AD
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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
200 BC–400 AD
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2010.629
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
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Unknown Central and South American
500–1550 AD
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Unknown Central and South American
500 BC–500 AD
Gold
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