nose-ornament
- Museum number
- Am1910,1202.2
- Description
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Nose ornament, curve-shaped, made of gold or tumbaga by lost-wax casting with core. It has two opposite cavities that were likely used to atach inlaids of another material. The complete nose-ornament would have shown an arc-shape similar to Am1910,1202.4.
- Production date
- 500BC-600
- Dimensions
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Length: 4.10 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1996, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 1), 'Gilded Image'
- Acquisition date
- 1910
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1910,1202.2
