Prehispanic Costa Rican Ceremonial Mace Head
100-500 A.D. 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. 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. 206 grams total, 11.2 cm high including stand (4 3/8 in.). Acquired in the 1990s. English private collection.