Double-ended Mace Head
AD 300-700
Country
Costa Rica
Object
mace head
Medium
Fashioned from microdiorite.
Accession Number
1994.886
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Double-ended Mace Head. AD 300-700. Fashioned from microdiorite.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1994.886.
Dimensions
height: 3 1/4 in, 8.2550 cm; width: 6 1/2 in, 16.5100 cm; width: 1 1/2 in, 3.8100 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, August 7, 1970 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1994
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1993
Exhibition History
- Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, Pre-Columbian Art: Perspectives in Culture, December 11, 1982 – January 30, 1983.
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