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Costa Rican Stone Mace Head - Human Form

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Costa Rican Stone Mace Head - Human Form: 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

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Large Costa Rican Brown Stone Mace Head - Bird Form: 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,

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Costa Rican Stone Avian Mace Head: 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

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Costa Rican Ceremonial Zoomorphic Mace Head: 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

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Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment: Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian style items including a winged parrot; (2) jaguar heads; a simple spheroid; and a knobbed; all having central holes for the insertion of a shaf

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Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Carved Stone Serpentine Owl Bird Ceremonial Mace Head 700-1000 A.D.: This is a Pre-Columbian carved stone ceremonial owl head motif mace head. Dating to 700-1000 A.D. Accompanied by a COA from The Lands Beyond gallery on Lexington Ave in New York City. Also Accompanied

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Important Costa Rican Greenstone Mace Head: 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

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Costa Rican Jadeite Mace Head Circa 600-900 AD: Costa Rican Jadeite Mace Head Circa 600-900 AD. Small light green jadeite carving of a human head. Mace heads were abstract carvings attached to wooden clubs, these ceremonial weapons were used for ma

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16th C. Costa Rican Huetar Stone Trophy Head: **Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Huetar peoples, 16th century CE. Skillfully carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a sculpture of a human trophy head with a mesmerizing

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Costa Rican Volcanic Stone Trophy Head: **Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic watershed region, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A human "trophy" head, hand-carved from volcanic stone, strongly rendered with

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Costa Rican Ceremonial Bird Mace Head: Circa 300-500 AD. Light green stone ceremonial mace with centrally pierced shaft hole. Frontal incised and polished bird head with large circular pecked eyes and pointed tapering beak. Excellent signs

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Pre-Columbian Mace Head: Bird Mace Head, Costa Rican, ca. 400 - 800 A.D. The large volcanic carved stone features three birds heads with pronounced beaks. Center receiving hole. Dimensions: 5-1/2" Dia. Weight: 2 lbs. 11 oz. P

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A Costa Rican Mace Head: Keulen-Kopf Nicoya-Halbinsel, 1-500 n. Chr., Costa Rica, zentrales Hochland Mit Sockel / with base Stein. H 7 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Lin + Emile Deletaille, Brüssel (1997). - Schweizer Privatsamml

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Ancient Pre Columbian Stone Head c.5th century AD.: Ancient Pre Columbian Stone Head c.5th century AD. Size of head 3 5/8 inches high. A Costa Rican Stone head of a man. Condition: ancient chips otherwise perfect. Provenance: from the estate of Robert

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Chavin Stone Mace Head - Pineapple Form: **Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE. A hand-carved stone mace head with six rows of knobs protruding from the exterior. The stone presents w

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Costa Rican Stone Mace Head - Human Form

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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 to accept wooden shaft. Size: 3.375" L x 2.375" H (8.6 cm x 6 cm)

Provenance: Ex - Private CT collection acquired about 1975

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Costa Rican Stone Mace Head - Human Form

Name: Costa Rican Stone Mace Head - Human Form
SKU: 46507457
Price: 1200 USD
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