Nose Ornament Depicting Two Facing Felines

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Nose Ornament Depicting Two Facing Felines
Nose Ornament

Date200 BC–400 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 3 7/16 × 4 in. (8.7 × 10.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.618

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceThree old collection stickers on the back read "GN 11", "141D, 1 of 6", and 12 1/2 gr" indicating it was purchased from John Wise;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1975 [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"]
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.618

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