Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureMuisca
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
  • Openwork nose ornament
Date600–1500 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumCast gold
Dimensions3 × 7 3/8 × 1 in. (7.6 × 18.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1013
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 2000, lot 246]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 20, 2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

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