Nose Ornament

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CultureZenú (Sinú)

Titles

Nose Ornament

Date1–1550

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions1 1/8 × 8 × 1/16 in. (2.9 × 20.3 × 0.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.948

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceFrancisco O'Campo, New York, before May 9, 2001 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least February 22, 2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory at end of Glassell Album #16, described on May 9, 2001.

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