1983.W.529 Elaborate nose ornament (Peru, Nasca) | DMA Staging Content Management System

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES

Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 300 BCE–300 CE (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 11/29/13, 03/25/16, 03/30/16, 03/31/16, and 01/10/17.
Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 23, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

Catalogue essays

The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art

Artist/designers

Cultures

Nasca (Nazca)

Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290

Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography

Andes (South America)

Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Nazca: TGN: 7033105

Process/materials

gold: AAT: 300011021

goldwork: AAT: 300044045

repoussé: AAT: 300054023

chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016

embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826

sheet metal: AAT: 300223016

metalwork: AAT: 300015336

hammering (metal finishing): AAT: 300054098

Historical periods

Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms

jewelry: AAT: 300209286

ornaments: AAT: 300266794

nose ornaments (jewelry): AAT: 300211628

nose rings (nose ornaments): AAT: 300046005

geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213

geometric shape: AAT: 300263819

circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627

dots (geometric motif): AAT: 300010145

triangles (polygons): AAT: 300009806

triangular (polygonal): AAT: 300263833

scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094

lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279

zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

hummingbirds (birds/animals/Trochilidae family): AAT: 300256337

faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798

heads (representations): AAT: 300262520

serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870

reptiles: AAT: 300265956

repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861

shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244

ceremonial costume: AAT: 300210387

nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942

power: AAT: 300374809

prestige: AAT: 300343604

social status: AAT: 300065206

symmetry: AAT: 300056249

mouths (animal or human components): DMA

masks (costume): AAT: 300138758

mouth masks (masks / costume): AAT: 300417293

ritual objects: AAT: 300312158

deities: AAT: 300343850

supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947

Anthropomorphic Mythical Being (AMB / Nazca deity): DMA

anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335

myth: AAT: 300201023

mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE

Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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FUN FACTS

This nose ornament was featured in the World of Ancient Gold exhibit at the New York's World's Fair, Travel and Transportation Pavilion (April 22-October 18, 1964).
In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "B126p Nazca nose ornament. Very nice with 5 humming birds in profile on each side above the lower section which has a band of stylized faces at bottom. 11" x 8"."

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