Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Nose Ornament
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions5 9/16 × 6 1/8 in. (14.1 × 15.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2451
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 January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object purchased on January 12, 2003.

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