#nose Ornament

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Nose Ornament.

Date: A.D. 2nd–6th century

Placeoforigin: Perú

Culture: Vicús

Medium: Gold

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TurtleTuesday :

Nose Ornament in the Form of a Turtle with C-shaped Body Coclé: Venado Beach, Coclé province, Panama, 800-1200 CE Spondylus shell, W. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago 1969.795

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Circular Nose Ornament Incised with Concentric Bands

Coclé, Panama, 800–1200

[celesse]

Santa's Reindeer wooden ornaments 🔔🦌🎀

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"Behold! Your lead reindeer has arrived" ~Holly

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Dragon Age: Inquisition is a Christmas movie.

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Had to share this @WeHeartIt

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Here's a little song I wrote, it's called

"I blinked and lost six weeks to seasonal depression"

[galeriacontici]

Jamacoaque Copper Nose Ornaments

These items are unique and seldom exhibited. They are made of solid copper and are very heavy. They have an excellent green patina on all three. The largest shows evidence of original gold plating. Manabi region, Ecuador. 500 BC – 500AD. Condition is Choice. The sizes are 25mm wide, 22mm tall, 20mm thick, 68.8g; 22mm wide, 21mm tall, 15mm thick, 33.5g; and 18mm wide, 15mm tall, 8mm thick, 10g.

The Jamacoaque civilization mastered the art of metallurgy and had a thorough knowledge of alloy production, notably a well-developed alloy of copper and arsenic. They were also well-versed in the process of gold plating. The method employed for casting metal was placing it in a ceramic crucible and heating it using wood charcoal as fuel. Air was blown into the kiln with a bamboo tube until the temperature reached 1100ºC, sufficient to melt gold or copper.

[arthistoryanimalia]

More bling from Peru for #SaveASpiderDay: golden spiders for your face!

Spiders can be found in Andean iconography going back at least 2500 years as symbols of warfare, ritual sacrifice, and agricultural fertility. Here are three examples found on facial jewelry, from The Met's collection:

1. Nose ornament, 100 BCE - 200 CE, Peru, North Coast, Salinar culture; gold, H. 2 x W. 4 3/8 x D. 1/8 in. (5.1 x 11.1 x 0.3 cm)

2. Nose ornament, 6th–7th century CE, Peru, Moche; gold, silver, shell, H. 2 5/8 x W. 3 3/8 x D. 1/4 in. (6.7 x 8.6 x 0.6 cm)

3. Earflare frontal, Spider, 6th–7th century CE, Peru, Moche; gold, silver, H. 3 1/2 × W. 3 1/2 × D. 3/4 in. (8.9 × 8.9 × 1.9 cm)

#PleaseNoSquish 🕷️

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1950's Vintage Paper Mache Rudolph Red Nose Large head H 16 x L 12 x W 9 ebay ppb76

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Pretty pink lady

APHRODITE, Goddess of Love Hades (2020) vs. Hades 2 (TBA)

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shrimp.

(moche, 6th-7th century, peru/south america. metropolitan, nyc)

[krockyoriginal]

Gnomes! Big nose gnome ornaments made from acorn caps.

$8 USD