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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Miniature Anthropomorphic 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

Miniature Anthropomorphic Mace Head

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
Date300-800 CE
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions7/8 x 9/16 in. (2.2 x 1.5 cm)
Object number1991.004.561 U
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibadeau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
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), 158-59, figure 384u.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased April 1986.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas