Eccentric Nose Ring

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Eccentric Nose Ring
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CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Eccentric Nose Ring
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsWidth: 3 1/4 inches
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4289
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 2, 1990, lot # 45]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 2, 1990–2002 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on May 2, 1990.
[2] Glassell Album # 11.

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Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.923
front of object
Nose Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.929
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
600–1600 Ad
Gold
2002.4227
front of object
Nose Ornament
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2001.1400
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Cast gold
2001.1290
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2002.4461
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.912
front of object
Nose Ornament
800–1550 AD
Gold
2001.915
Nose Ornament with Hands
Nose Ornament with Hands
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.914
Nose Ornament with Birds
Nose Ornament with Birds
600–1600 AD
Hammered and cut gold and copper
2001.917
front of object
Nose Ornament
1–1550
Gold
2001.919
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2001.920