CultureNariño
Titles
- Nose Ornament
- Nose Ornament with Dangles
Date600–1600 AD
PlaceEcuador, South America
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumHammered and cut gold
Dimensions2 × 6 3/4 × 1/8 in. (5.1 × 17.1 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.912
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Album #8, near slide dated "DEC 72."
Exhibition HistorySaid to be from Miraflores, Colombia [1].
[1] Glassell Inventory, c. 1999, states object is one of 65 found near Miraflores, Colombia.
"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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1100–1450 AD
Hammered, cut, and chased gold
2001.1062.1,.2
