Nose Ornaments with a Figure of a Human Face and Dangles

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CultureMalagana

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Nose Ornaments with a Figure of a Human Face and Dangles

Date200 BC–200 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 9 × 9 11/16 × 3/8 in. (22.9 × 24.6 × 1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.512

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. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.512
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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