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| Keywords: Panamanian - Nose Ring with Pierced Triangle and Diamond Decoration - Walters 57293 - Group.jpg Gold nose rings were among the artifacts brought back to Spain by Columbus They were a popular form of body ornament and sign of rank for both men and women in ancient Central America between 800 1521 Pre-Early Conquest gold alloy cm 1 7 4 accession number 57 293 22546 Found at a graveyard between Divalá a village on the outskirts of settled Panama thirty miles west of David in the province of Chiriqui and Costa Rica Spring 1909 Tiffany Co New York 1910 by purchase from Indians see December 29 1910 correspondance from Tiffany Co to Henry Walters Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 place of origin Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí in present-day Panama Walters Art Museum license Pre-Columbian art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Pre-Columbian metalwork of Panama Nose rings Gold jewellery | ||||
