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Source Description
This handsome object was slipped onto a wooden shaft to form a mace, a club-like weapon used in war. It is unclear, however, whether the ancients used examples as well carved as this one in anything but ceremonial circumstances.
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Document identity
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156748
label
Mace Head
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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156748
contentType
object
title
Mace Head
description
This handsome object was slipped onto a wooden shaft to form a mace, a club-like weapon used in war. It is unclear, however, whether the ancients used examples as well carved as this one in anything but ceremonial circumstances.
date
c. 200 BCE–100 CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60761981
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Stone
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 11.2 x 8.9 x 8.3 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
cul
North coast of Peru, Salinar culture
accession
1992.348
Source extras
tec
stone
tombstone
Mace Head, c. 200 BCE–100 CE. North coast of Peru, Salinar culture. Stone; overall: 11.2 x 8.9 x 8.3 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1992.348
collection
AA - Andes
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 76
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:08:56.462000
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156748
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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stone
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0
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photo
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