Nose ornament
Quimbaya
A.D. 500–1530
Object Place: Cauca and Magdalena River Valleys, Department of Quindío, Colombia
Dimensions
5.08 x 6.67 cm (2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Accession Number
1975.164
Medium or Technique
Gold
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Oval nose ornament with embossed central area and three tiny perforations along outside edge for the attachement of adornments (now lost).
Provenance
Collected by Joaquin Arciniégas, Colombia, by March 1, 1906 (to San José, Costa Rica by May 23, 1908; to San Salvador, El Salvador by June 19, 1916); sold to Doctor Daniel Villatoro Rugama, San Salvador, El Salvador, August 6, 1929; sold to Oliverio Girondo, Paris, January 10, 1930 (to Argentina probably after 1946); with Leon Buki, Buenos Aires, Argentina by January 2, 1975; with Alphonse Jax, New York, by February 1975; to Landon T. Clay, Boston; to MFA, March 12, 1975, gift.
Credit Line
Gift of Landon T. Clay