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Nose ornament

Nose ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Nose ornament
Date1000–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 1/2 in. (5.4 × 7.0 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1196
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe, by May, 1988 [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1988, lot 41]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, April 28, 1988–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.

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600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
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