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Nose Ornament with Hands

Nose Ornament with Hands

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Nose Ornament with Hands
Artist
CultureNariño
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with Hands
Date600–1600 AD
PlaceEcuador
PlaceColombia, South America
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
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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