ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Ceremonial Owl Mace Head
Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300-500 CE
MediumSerpentinite
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions2 1/4 x 3 in. (5.7 x 7.6 cm)
Object number1994.018.050
Exhibition HistoryThe Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 8, 1997 - January 4, 1998MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 144, figure 316.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States.
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