Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with a Stepped Design

Nose Ornament with a Stepped Design

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Nose Ornament with a Stepped Design
Artist
CultureVicús (possibly)
Titles
  • Nose Ornament with a Stepped Design
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/16 × 5 1/2 in. (12.8 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.598
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, 2010.598

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