Nose ornament

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Nose ornament
Date1000–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 in. (4.1 × 4.8 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1195
Not on view

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Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 21, 1988, lot 60]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, April 28, 1988–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #11.

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