Nose Ornament with Feline Heads

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Nose Ornament with Feline Heads
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with Feline Heads
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/16 × 2 9/16 in. (2.7 × 6.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.530
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.530

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