Nose Ornament with Hands

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CultureNariño

Titles

Nose Ornament with Hands

Date600–1600 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

PlaceEcuador

MediumHammered and cut gold

Dimensions2 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 1/8 in. (7 × 17.1 × 0.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.914

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[André Emmerich, Inc., New York, before December 1972] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least December 1972–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #8, slide of object dated "DEC 72" with Andre Emmerich Photo Cat. No. "YE412."
Exhibition History"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)

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