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Nosing Around

Julie Jones
2 min. watch

“It’s a form of mask, a form of changed personality.”

Curator Julie Jones on Peruvian nose ornaments (100 BCE–200 CE).

Contributors

Julie Jones
Curator

Photography by Katherine Dahab

Art Mentioned

Nose Ornament with Spiders, Gold, Salinar
Nose Ornament with Spiders
Salinar
100 BCE–200 CE

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