CultureTairona
Titles
- Necklace Assembly with Tairona Nose Ornament and Beads
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumCarnelian, stone, and gold
DimensionsOverall (length, doubled, including pendant): 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm)
Overall (Nose Ornament alone): 2 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/16 in. (5.7 × 8.3 × 0.8 cm)
Overall (Nose Ornament alone): 2 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/16 in. (5.7 × 8.3 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.485
Not on view
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.485
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900–1550 AD
Stone and gold
2010.488
900–200 BC
Gold and rock crystal
2010.459
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2
