The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Bird (Male Curassow?)
300 BCE–600 CE
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
Description
Probably once mounted on wooden shafts, these objects could have served as symbols of chiefly authority, group insignia, the heads of ceremonial weapons, or all three. They eventually were placed in elite graves. The bird may be a male curassow and the feline, a jaguar.- ?-1949(Joseph Brummer, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1949-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 1 (January 1950): 10-11, 14-16. Mentioned: p. 15 www.jstor.org
- Treasures of Peruvian Gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.194