Nose Ornament with Two Birds

Nose Ornament with Two Birds

Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with Two Birds
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3/4 inches
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4390
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe; [Sotheby's, New York, November 21, 1988, Sale 5782 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 14] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 21, 1988–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on January 16, 1990.

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