Nose Ornament with Birds
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
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view
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Object Type
[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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Unknown Central and South American
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.1247.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Hammered, cut, and chased gold
2001.845
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Hammered, cut, and chased gold
2001.1062.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Hammered, cut, and filigreed gold
2001.1361.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.1249
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Cast, hammered, and cut gold
2001.1029