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Source 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.
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Document identity
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127147
label
Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?)
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Source metadata
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127147
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object
title
Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?)
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.
date
c. 300 BCE–600 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757745
genreSpecific
Stone
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 8.8 x 7.7 x 10.6 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
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Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region
accession
1949.469
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Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?), c. 300 BCE–600 CE. Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region. Stone; overall: 8.8 x 7.7 x 10.6 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/16 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen, 1949.469
collection
AA - Intermediate Region
citations
citation
Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>37, no. 1 (January 1950): 10-11, 14-16.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 10; Mentioned: p. 15
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 294
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 294
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 398
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
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Reproduced: p. 10
creditline
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen
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2026-05-29 06:33:22.009000
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127147
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Intermediate Region
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