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

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date300-500 CE
MediumNephrite, feldspar, quartz, iron oxide
Credit LineGift of Cora W. Witten
Dimensions2 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 3 7/16 in. (7.3 x 7.5 x 8.8 cm)
Object number2004.006.001
Exhibition HistoryFive Continents - Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1997 - February 1, 1999
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - 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, figure 315.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas