Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Nose Ornament
Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia , South America
MediumCast gold
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 7 3/16 × 7/16 in. (8.9 × 18.3 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1290
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before September 11, 1991] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least September 11, 1991–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on September 11, 1991.

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