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Nose Ring
Nose Ring
Nose Ring
DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Nose Ring

NameNose Ring
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Place madeSudan, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/4 × 1 3/8 × 1/8 in. (3.2 × 3.5 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.656
Object numberA.1955.86.656
DescriptionThis nose ring goes from a rounded to flat surface, the latter split and incised with triangular patterns.
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