Nose Ornament with Serpents

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Nose Ornament with Serpents

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions5 7/8 × 8 7/8in. (14.9 × 22.5cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.928

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

200 Brown Gallery

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least July 1969—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #4, before slide dated "JUL 69."

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