Nose ornament
Nose ornament

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Nose ornament,

200 BCE–100 CE

Salinar
Early Intermediate Period
y1994-118

Information

Title
Nose ornament
Dates

200 BCE–100 CE

Medium
Gold and silver
Dimensions
3.3 × 9.6 cm (1 5/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Object Number
y1994-118
Place Made

South America, Peru, Lambayeque, North coast, Lagunas

Culture
Salinar
Period
Early Intermediate period, Early Intermediate period
Type
nose ornaments, ornament
Materials
gold, silver

1994, Dr. Daniel Rifkin and Ruth Crowe Rifkin, New York, gift to the Princeton University Art Museum

Nariguera (nose ornament) or mouth hider

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