Beak Bird Mace Head
AD 1-500
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Costa Rica
Object
mace head
Accession Number
1994.844
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Beak Bird Mace Head. AD 1-500. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1994.844.
Dimensions
height: 3 in, 7.6200 cm; width: 2 1/2 in, 6.3500 cm; depth: 4 3/8 in, 11.1125 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
(Enrique Vargas-Alfaro) [1915-2008], San Jose, Costa Rica and Atlanta, GA; Purchased by Frederick R. [1928-2007] and Jan Mayer, Denver, CO, October 1969 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1994
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
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