Unknown Central and South American
Nosering

Nosering

Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Nosering
Date1–800
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions1 × 1 × 3/8 in. (2.5 × 2.5 × 1.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2216
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceLaurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), Southport, Connecticut, and Florida; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2001, Sale 7659 Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Lot 435]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 2001–2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

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