Unknown Central and South American
Mace Head

Mace Head

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Mace Head
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumStone
Dimensions5 1/4 × 3 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (13.3 × 9.2 × 9.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1283
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #184 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 20, 1986);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1986 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "MAY 86"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1283

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