Mace Head

Mace Head

Public Domain

Mace Head
CultureRecuay
Titles
  • Mace Head
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/4 × 1 15/16 in. (5.7 × 5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2453
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.

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200 BC–200 AD
Gold
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Headdress Ornament
200 BC–800 AD
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two objects mounted together--front side
Headdress
c. 300
Gold
2004.2519
Crown
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9th–10th century
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Headdress Ornament
Headdress Ornament
400 BC–1533 AD
Gold and silver
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Headdress Ornament
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300 BC–400 AD
Gold
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Headdress Ornament
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300 BC–400 AD
Gold
2004.2457
Pectoral
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9th–10th century
Gold
2004.2228
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.884
Cup Depicting the Decapitator Deity
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400–1100 AD
Gold
2004.2536
Five Pendants in the Forms of Crescent Shapes with Human Heads
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1140-2010.1144
Pendant
Pendant
900–1500 AD
Gold
2001.1240