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

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Diamond-Patterned Mace Head

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America

CultureGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed

PeriodPeriod IV

Date300-500 CE

MediumAndesitic tuff

Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions2 1/4 x 4 in. (5.7 x 10.2 cm)

Object number1991.004.490

Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971 (by repute)
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 18, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesDeidre M. Thompson, "Images of Power," Lapidary Journal (March 1993): 24-27.
Rebecca 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 317.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased May 1972.

Status

On view

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