Nose Ornament with Feline

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CultureMoche

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Nose Ornament with Feline

Date100–800 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions2 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 3/8 in. (5.4 × 6.7 × 1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.974

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceLou Slavitz report with slide dated April, 1969;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.974

Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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