Nose Ornament with Birds

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Nose Ornament with Birds
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with Birds
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 7.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.956
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least May 17, 1994—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- object before Sotheby's purchase on May 17, 1994.

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