Nose Ornament Depicting a Male Shaman

Nose Ornament Depicting a Male Shaman

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Nose Ornament Depicting a Male Shaman
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Nose Ornament Depicting a Male Shaman
  • Nose Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/16 × 6 11/16 × 9/16 in. (11.3 × 17 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.537
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.537

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