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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Ceremonial Owl Mace Head
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Owl Mace Head

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed
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, 1998
MCCM 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 Witten, United States.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas