Nose ornament

Nose ornament

Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Nose ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 3 × 1/8 in. (5.1 × 7.6 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1199
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1199

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