The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nose Ornament

Date:: 390–450
Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Moche (Loma Negra)
Medium:: Gold, stone
Dimensions:: H. 4 1/8 x W. 6 13/16 x D. 3/8 in. (10.5 x 17.3 x 1 cm)
Classification:: Metal-Ornaments
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.1229

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

[Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, until 1969]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1969, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1969–1978
See also
Who
Moche (694)
What
Metal (59,619)

Costume (43,644)

Gold (12,485)

Stone (7,972)

Jewelry (7,527)

Nose ornaments (169)
Where
South America (4,532)

Peru (3,461)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,214)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,541)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central and Southern Andes, 1–500A.D.