Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureZenú (Sinú)

Titles

Nose Ornament

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions5/8 × 1 × 7/16 in. (1.6 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2434.1

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

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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