Skip to main content
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Ceremonial Feline 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 Feline Mace Head

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300-500 CE
MediumQuartzite
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 x 1 13/16 x 5 in. (5.1 x 4.6 x 12.7 cm)
Object number1991.004.481
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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), 144-45, figure 324.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased December 1976.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas