Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (4.1 × 6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1376
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, slide dated "NOV 79"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1376

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