Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Two Facing Felines

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureVicús

Titles

Nose Ornament with Two Facing Felines

Date200 BC–400 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 3 3/16 × 4 3/16 in. (8.1 × 10.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.588

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance(John Wise (probably), Dallas, before 1967);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1967 [Invoice dated December 17, 1968] [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.588
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in ink on sticker on verso: 68441/SPN

Two printed labels on verso: 37; 657

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