Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGreenstone and gold
Dimensions1 1/4 × 3/4 × 1 in. (3.2 × 1.9 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4382
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Daniel Rifkin, New York, before November 24, 2000 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least November 24, 2000–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, lot described on November 24, 2000.

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