Pre-Columbian Stone 'Head' Mace, Costa Rica 500-900 CE

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1500 CE. A pair of stone votive mace heads. Both are made of greenstone, although one has been smoothed more extensively. The smaller of the two - the smoother on

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Nicoya Region, ca. 1 to 500 CE. A wonderful example of a white stone mace head with its original archaeological surface. Often figures like these are over-polishe

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mace head of bulbous form with a protruding zoomorphic head of abstr

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A stylized mace head, carved from a rough yellow stone with dark inclusions, with an overall rounded form and features depictin

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A skillfully carved mace head, from a light blue-green jade stone, of an overall rounded form depicting a human head with l

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, from the Atlantic watershed, ca. 500 to 800 CE. Lovely ceremonial mace head carved from white stone with light green hue. In the form of a bird's head with drilled eyes and

With facial scarifications, Costa Rica, circa 500-900 A.C. H. 19cm (7 1/2 in.) H. with base. 25.5cm (10 in.)Provenance: From the collection of Theodore Allen Heinrich, former Director of the Royal Ont

Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Ceremonial Mace Head , 500-1500 A.D., Costa Rica, stylized avian figure with upright wings, h. 3 3/4 in., w. 5 1/2 in., d. 3 in Provenance: Collection of Brooke and Maria Fo

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 500 to 900 CE. A sweet and meaningful frog effigy sculpture hand-carved and pecked from a single piece of native volcanic stone, replete with a lovel

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, 300 to 1000 CE. "Stunning" just does not convey how beautiful this stone mace head is. Carved hardstone with numerous colorful inclusions in a mostly black matrx in the form

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved greenstone mace head depicting an abstract zoomorphic creature, perhaps a

**Originally Listed At $100** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A round, volcanic stone made head with a human-like face on one side of its cylidrical body. With a wide, round hole throug

**Originally Listed At $100** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A round, volcanic stone made head with a human-like face on one side of its cylidrical body. With a wide, round hole throug

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca 600 to 1000 CE. A ceremonial avian mace head, hand-carved from a caramel brown stone with mesmerizing, large round eyes and a curved beak showing finely incised details,

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 1st to 6th century CE. A large ceremonial mace head made from stone into the form of a double headed creature - perhaps a bird or fe

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Linea Vieja, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. Wonderful greenstone mace head in the form of a human head. Carved and drilled facial features, biconically-drilled hole

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Mexico or Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE; Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A fine c

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A petite mace head of a circular form, hand-carved from a pale-grey stone, with a cen

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone grinding platform known as a metate supported atop a quartet of thick feline legs. The rectangular vessel is flank

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. An interesting mace head of a hefty and potentially deadly form, hand-carved from mottled beige-hued st

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Mexico and Guatemala, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE (darkest piece); Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE (pales

A Pre-Columbian Stone Mace Head and Seventeen Jade Beads Costa Rica, c. 100-700 AD Width of mace: 3 ¼ inches HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

Ceremonial form stone mace head, amazing deep green, large size. Ex-Private Palm Beach Collection.. Origin: Costa Rica. Age: 800-1200 A.D. Measures 4 3/4" L x 4 1/4" W. Weighs 2 lbs., 5 oz.

A stone mace head, Costa Rica, 3"D x 1-7/8" H Provenance: Ex private collection, Brooklyn, NY