Why Peruvian fashion favored septum jewelry with spiders | Art, Explained

"It's a form of mask, a form of changed personality."

"It's a form of mask, a form of changed personality."

Curator Julie Jones on Peruvian nose ornaments

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