Nose Ornament in the Form of an Long-Nosed Saurian with C-shaped Body

Coclé (Venado Beach, Coclé province, Panama)

800–1200

Medium

Spondylus shell

Classification

Costume and Accessories

Dimensions

W.: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Culture

Venado Beach

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas

Credit line

Wirt D. Walker Fund

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Textiles and dress
• Animals
• Fashion and dress
• Ornament and pattern
• 8th century
• Black, white and grey