Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

CultureTolita-Tumaco
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date500 BC–500 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 1 in. (5.7 × 8.3 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4195
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4195

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