Description:

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A lovely mace head that is carved from dark gray stone with a cylindrical socketing shaft, a gently flared base, and a quartet of thick fins that spiral down the body. A hefty mace head like this example was used to render useless even the toughest armor. Significantly, the Chavin culture does not seem to have been warlike, and their cultural expansion across the landscape was not violent - at least as far as archaeologists can find - until the very end of the period, when maces like this example suddenly emerged. Size: 4.3" W x 3.5" H (10.9 cm x 8.9 cm)

Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000

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#156297

  • Condition: Nicks and abrasions to socketing shaft and some fins, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and smooth surface textures throughout.

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