Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents by Russell Hastings Millward (1877-1958, an author and explorer), probably during travels in Latin America between 1910 and 1916; purchased by MAI in 1918 from Russell Hastings Millward using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Zenú (Sinú) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Russell Hastings Millward (Russell H. Millward), Non-Indian, 1877-1958
- Previous owner
- Russell Hastings Millward (Russell H. Millward), Non-Indian, 1877-1958
- Seller
- Russell Hastings Millward (Russell H. Millward), Non-Indian, 1877-1958
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Date created
- AD 1000-1500
- Object Name
- Nose ornament/Nose ring
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Cast
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
