Nose ornament with spiders

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“It’s a form of mask, a form of changed personality.”

Salinar (?) culture, Nose Ornament with Spiders, 1st century B.C.E.–2nd century C.E., gold, Peru, North Coast, 5.1 x 11.1 x 0.3 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) A video from The Met

Cite this page as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Nose ornament with spiders," in Smarthistory, March 8, 2021, accessed May 21, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/salinar-nose-ornament-spiders/.