Nose ornament/Nose ring (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 100–700 (Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Frederick P. Drew (Fred Drew), Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Frederick P. Drew (Fred Drew), Non-Indian
label: Seller agent
content: Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. (Darwin Bayne Palmer Jr.), Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick P. Drew (a retired diplomat living in Peru who collected and traded antiquities); purchased by MAI from Frederick Drew through Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. in 1970.
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place: label: Place
content: Vicús valley; Ayabaca; Ayabaca Province; Piura Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/3840
label: Barcode
content: 243840.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Nose ornament/Nose ring (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Gold
label: Techniques
content: Hammered