Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureChavín
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (3.1 × 4.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.515
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection;
(Sotheby's NY, 5.19.1987, lot #3);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1987 [Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "MAY 87"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.515

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