Nose Ornament

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CultureTairona

Titles

Nose Ornament

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 3 × 3 7/8 × 1/2 in. (7.6 × 9.9 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.581

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May, 1987–2008 [1] [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 10, precedes object purchased on May 19, 1987.
[2] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object described on September 22, 1987.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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