Nose Ornament

Public Domain

CultureMoche

Titles

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

Department

Object Type

Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 18, 1991, lot #302);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.957

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100 BC–600 AD

Greenstone and gold

2002.4382

100–1550 AD

Greenstone and gold

2002.4410

100 BC–800 AD

Gold with greenstone

2001.1274

200 BC–300 AD

Greenstone and gold

2002.4409

200 BC–400 AD

Gold and greenstone

2002.4454

100 BC–700 AD

Gold, spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, conch, greenstone, resin, cotton cord

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