Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament Depicting Deities Holding Decapitated Human Heads that Sprout Plants

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Nose Ornament Depicting Deities Holding Decapitated Human Heads that Sprout Plants
Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Nose Ornament Depicting Deities Holding Decapitated Human Heads that Sprout Plants
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 13/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.3 × 17.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.527
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
ProvenanceRobert Sonin report dated 7.15.2002, calls it Cerro Corbacho style;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.527

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