Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold with shell and stone inlays
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/16 × 6 3/4 in. (11.2 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.542
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.542

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