Nose Ornament
c. 500–200 BC
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Nose Ornament, c. 500–200 BC. Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín style (1000-200 BC). Cut and hammered gold; overall: 3.2 x 9.6 cm (1 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman 1958.181
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- cut and hammered gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3.2 x 9.6 cm (1 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1958.181
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman
- Exhibitions
- 25 Centuries of Peruvian Art, Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; October 4 - November 5, 1961. "Twenty-five Centuries of Peruvian Art, 700B.C. - 1800 A.D." Cat. no. 6b.<br><br>New York, NY: The Museum of Primitive Art; February 21- May 6, 1962. "Gods with Fangs: The Chavin Civilization of Peru." cat. no. 35, no repr.	<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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