Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Nose Ornament
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions6 × 8 1/8 in. (15.2 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.925
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceKen Klassen, Bellington, Washington, before August 5, 1994 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by August 5, 1994—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described on August 5, 1994, purchased from Ken Klassen.

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