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Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

Artist
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
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
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100 BC–600 AD
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front of object
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Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
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front of object
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Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
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200–1600 AD
Gold
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