Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with felines

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Public Domain

Nose Ornament with felines
Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with felines
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (6.2 × 8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.622
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDomingo Seminario Museum;
Probably purchased from John Wise during the early 1970's;
One old collection sticker on the back reads "6";
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, documents reorganization of display at home on November 1979];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.622
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Red sticker "6"

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