Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Birds

Nose Ornament with Birds

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Nose Ornament with Birds
Artist
CultureNariño
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with Birds
Date600–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumHammered and cut gold and copper
Dimensions3 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 1/8 in. (8.9 × 15.9 × .3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.917
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceProbably [André Emmerich, Inc., New York, by 1972] [1] [2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1972–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #8, precedes related object in slide dated "FEB 72" and with André Emmerich Photo Cat. No. YE 412.

[2] Glassell Inventory.
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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