© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Nose Ornament with Dangles

Place CreatedColombia, South America

CultureCalima

PeriodSonso

Date1000-1300 CE

MediumGold-copper alloy

Credit LineEx coll. Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II

Dimensions4 1/8 x 6 in. (10.5 x 15.2 cm)

Object number1996.001

Exhibition HistoryTears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 16, 1996 - October 16, 1998
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - August 16, 2021
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 14, 2022 - April 5, 2024
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 189, figure 444.

ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, purchased from Andre Emmerich (1924-2007) [Andre Emmerich Gallery], New York, New York, 1972.

Status

Not on view

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