Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornaments with a Figure of a Human Face and Dangles

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Nose Ornaments with a Figure of a Human Face and Dangles
Artist
CultureMalagana
Titles
  • Nose Ornaments with a Figure of a Human Face and Dangles
Date200 BC–200 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 9 11/16 × 3/8 in. (22.9 × 24.6 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.512
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
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.512
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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