Nose Ornament

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Nose Ornament

Date200 BC–400 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold and another metal

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/16 × 3 3/8 × 1/16 in. (7.8 × 8.6 × 0.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.605

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceTwo old collection stickers on the back. One reads "gn 25" and is possibly a John Wise Number. The other reads "184g, 1 of 11";
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.605

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