Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold and copper
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.587
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sold at Sotheby's NY, 5.17.1993, lot #252, as part of a group of sixteen ornaments);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.587

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