Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A particularly spiky, heavy, black stone mace head. The conical base has a wide central socket. Four bands of pyramidal spikes project from the exterior body. 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 suddenly become evident. Was this an actual weapon used in war? Or was this a status symbol made to be put into a grave? Many mysteries about this early culture remain. Size: 3.8" W x 3.25" H (9.7 cm x 8.3 cm)

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

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#156296

  • Condition: Intact, with wear on surface commensurate with age, including some chips, nicks, and scratches. Notably there is a chip from the base of one socket end.

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