Nose Ornament

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CultureMoche

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Nose Ornament

Date100–800 AD

PlaceLoma Negra, Peru, South America

MediumHammered and cut silver and gold

Dimensions5 3/4 × 9 × 1/8 in. (14.6 × 22.9 × 3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.916

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least January 1970—2001 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #4, before slide dated "JAN 70."
[2] Lou Slavitz report with attached Junius Bird slides, dated April 1969.
Exhibition History"Gold of the Americas: An Exhibit of Pre-Columbian Gold from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia," The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, May 14, 1970-October, 1977.

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