Nose Ornament

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date1–1550
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/4 × 6 1/8 × 1/8 in. (5.7 × 15.6 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.913
Not on view

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ProvenanceProbably [Cano Gallery (Guillermo Cano), New York by at least August 16, 1990] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 16, 1990–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, between groups of objects described on August 16, 1990 as purchased from Cano.
Exhibition HistorySaid to be from Colombia [1].

[1] Glassell Inventory- between group of objects described on August 16, 1990, all purchased from Cano Gallery.

"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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