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

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300-500 CE
MediumAndesitic basalt
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions1 5/8 x 3 1/16 x 3 7/8 in. (4.1 x 7.7 x 9.8 cm)
Object number1991.004.482
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
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 320.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased October 1986.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas