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

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300-500 CE
MediumAndesite porphyry
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions3 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (8.3 x 9.8 x 13.3 cm)
Object number1991.004.472
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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), 144, figure 314.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased March 1973.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas