Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face

Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face

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Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Nose Ornament Depicting a Feline Face
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 15/16 × 3 11/16 in. (7.5 × 9.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.596
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
ProvenanceDomingo Seminario Museum;
On the back are two old collection numbers: one reads "GN 3", the other "24 g";
Probably purchased from John Wise;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.596

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