Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date200–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions5/8 × 7/8 × 3/8 in. (1.6 × 2.3 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.953
Not 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 January 1970—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, c. 1999.
[2] Glassell Album #6, before slide dated "JAN 70."

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