Nose Ornament (one of a pair)

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Nose Ornament (one of a pair)
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Nose Ornament (one of a pair)
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions5/8 × 1 1/4 × 5/8 in. (1.6 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.579
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 12–13, 1983, lot # 342]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1983–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 10.

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