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Collections

Mace Head800–200 BCE

Not on view
Small carved stone vessel with jet-black polished surface, squat body ringed with radiating rounded lobes, and a circular mouth at the top
Title
Mace Head
Culture
Chavín
Place Made
Peru
Date Made
800–200 BCE
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 in. (7.62 cm); 2 3/10 x 3 in. (5.842 x 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.74
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas