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

Mace Head

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV - Period V
Date300-800 CE
MediumWeathered serpentinite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (5.4 x 13 cm)
Object number1991.004.561 A
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau 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 384a.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, acquired from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, March 1967 or purchased April 1986.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas