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Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Nose Ornament
Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 1/8 in. (6.6 × 9.1 × .3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.920
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least August 1976—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #9 lists AG 1177 as being sold August 1, 1976 to Lee Miller.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
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600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold and copper
2001.917
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Nose Ornament
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
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600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
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1–1600 AD
Gold
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Gold
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Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
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Pair of Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold
2001.797.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American