Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold and green stone
DimensionsOverall: 15/16 × 1 1/16 in. (2.4 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.623
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDomingo Seminario Museum;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, slide dated "NOV 79"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.623

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