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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Ceremonial Snake 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 Snake Mace Head

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300-500 CE
MediumMassive quartz
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (4.9 x 6.3 cm)
Object number1991.004.486
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 18, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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), 144-45, figure 322.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased November 1984.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas