Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold foil
Dimensions3/4 × 2 × 9/16 in. (1.9 × 5.1 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4389
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 March 1971 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Album #7, near slide dated "MAR 71."

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