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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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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late 19th–early 20th century
Sheet gold
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front of object
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.949
front of object
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.950
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900–1550 AD
Gold
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Nose Ornament with Two Birds
100 BC–600 AD
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Nose ornament with four birds
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
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Nose Ornament with Birds
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold and copper
2001.917
Finial with a standing bird
1–1550
Gold
99.670
front of object
1–1550
Gold
2001.1014
front of object
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2001.931
front of object
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2001.932