Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/4 × 2 × 1 1/16 in. (4.4 × 5.1 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1218
Not on view

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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, 2001, 2001.1218

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