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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
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300-500 CE
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