Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date200 BC–400 AD
MediumGold, spondylus shell inlay
Dimensions1 × 1 1/16 × 1/16 in. (2.5 × 2.7 × 0.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1375
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "SEP 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1375

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