Nose Ornament with Eye and Snake

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Nose Ornament with Eye and Snake
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with Eye and Snake
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (4.7 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.531
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #174 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art, May 17 & 18, 2000. Sale #7476);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.531

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