Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament Depicting a Vilca Tree Deity

Nose Ornament Depicting a Vilca Tree Deity

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Nose Ornament Depicting a Vilca Tree Deity
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Nose Ornament Depicting a Vilca Tree Deity
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/16 × 6 13/16 × 1/4 in. (10.7 × 17.3 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.543
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M 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 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "OCT 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.543

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