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LOT 0442
Prehispanic Costa Rican Ceremonial Mace Head
100-500 A.D.
4 3/8 in. (206 grams total, 11.2 cm high including stand).
A carved jade profile animal-head mace head with drilled eye and teeth exposed; hole close the edge for suspension; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
English private collection.
Literature
For a variety of ceremonial mace heads from Guanacaste – Nicoya region see Deletaille, E., Tresros Du Nouveau Monde, Musees Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, 1992, p.258.
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LOT 0442
Prehispanic Costa Rican Ceremonial Mace Head
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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