An ornament worn on the nose by both men and women, mainly in India and in America in the pre-Columbian period. The examples of Mughal jewelry were either jewelled studs worn on one side of thenostril, or large, ornate gold pieces, with pendants and dangling chains, worn suspended through the septum.Those of pre-Columbian jewelry were made of gold or Tumbaga, including:a ring suspended through the septuma pin in the form a straight bar worn horizontally through the septum (but sometimes made of jade as articles of Mayan jewelry)a thick, solid or tubular, penannular ring, sometimes with a lower projecting ornamenta long, angled strip extending almost horizontally on either side of the nose, with various ornamental motifs (sometimes a monkey figure) attachedan openwork semi-circular disc with small arms at the top for attaching to the septum; or an elaborate ornament of hammered sheet metal of considerable size, made in an openwork pattern, sometimes withdangling discs, cylinders or pendants or in the form of a cut-out anthropomorphic face with the features in repoussé work