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

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300-500 CE
MediumHornblende andesite porphyry
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (7 x 7.3 x 15.9 cm)
Object number1991.004.473
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 18, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present

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 323.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased March 1978.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas