Nose Ornament with Serpents and Birds

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Nose Ornament with Serpents and Birds
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with Serpents and Birds
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 15/16 × 4 3/16 in. (4.9 × 10.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.520
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Bernstein;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.520

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