Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions11/16 × 5/8 × 5/16 in. (1.8 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2524
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceKen Klassen, Burnaby, Washington, before March 9, 1999 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least March 9, 1999–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on March 9, 1999.

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