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Mace Head
Mace Head
300–500
Pecked and polished gray stone
Overall: 4.2 x 7.3 x 13.6 cm (1 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.165
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In ancient Costa Rica, it was believed that the world rested on the back of a crocodile.
Description
Once mounted on wooden shafts, elaborately shaped mace (club) heads like this one probably were not used as weapons. Rather, they could have served as emblems of chiefly authority, group insignia, the heads of ceremonial weapons, or all three. They eventually were placed in elite graves. The back-curled nose on this example may refer to a crocodile or caiman.
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