CultureMoche
Titles
- Nose Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGreenstone and gold
Dimensions1 × 1 1/4 × 3/8 in. (2.5 × 3.2 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.957
Not on view
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Object Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.957
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100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, conch, greenstone, resin, cotton cord
2010.989.1,.2