Rare Colima Alabaster Mace Head
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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautifully-shaped stone mace head - carved, pecked, and string-cut from a caramel-hued piece of alabaster to create an anthropomorphic effigy figure with an expressive visage comprised of coffee-bean shaped eyes, a prominent nose, gently smiling full lips, pierced ears presumably for suspending decorative ornaments, and a cap-like coiffure, a narrow neck (showing nice pecking marks) designed to have leather or sinew bands wrapped around it to attach it to a stick, and a body with four limbs, bent as if swimming, tapering to an axe head. The Colima people made ritual objects that reflected their lives. This mace head was clearly designed to be held as a symbol of power or status. Custom wood block stand. Size: 5.375" L x 2" W (13.7 cm x 5.1 cm); 4.25" H (10.8 cm) on stand
Provenance: private Hawaiian collection
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#124099
Provenance: private Hawaiian collection
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#124099
Condition
One side of upper end of tapered end of axe head repaired with tiny losses to break lines.
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Rare Colima Alabaster Mace Head
Estimate $1,200 - $1,500
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