Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureNariño
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date800–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 1/8 in. (6.1 × 11.7 × 3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.915
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1988, lot 34]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, May 17, 1988—2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #11.

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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.923
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Nose Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.929
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Nose Ornament
600–1600 Ad
Gold
2002.4227
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Nose Ornament
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2001.1400
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Cast gold
2001.1290
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2002.4461
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.912
Nose Ornament with Hands
Nose Ornament with Hands
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.914
Nose Ornament with Birds
Nose Ornament with Birds
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold and copper
2001.917
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Nose Ornament
1–1550
Gold
2001.919
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2001.920
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Nose Ornament with Complex Scene
100–800 AD
Gold
2001.921