Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ring

Nose Ring

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Nose Ring
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/4 × 1 1/16 × 3/16 in. (3.2 × 2.7 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4272
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1985 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 85"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4272

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