id:			127147
accession number:	1949.469
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.469
updated:		2022-01-04 15:39:31.407000

Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?), c. 300 BC - AD 600. Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region, 4th century BC - AD 7th century. Stone; overall: 8.8 x 7.7 x 10.6 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/16 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen 1949.469

title:				Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?)
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creation date:			c. 300 BC - AD 600
creation date earliest:		-300
creation date latest:		600
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen
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culture:	Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region, 4th century BC - AD 7th century
technique:	stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Intermediate Region
type:		Stone
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 8.8 x 7.7 x 10.6 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966.  "Treasures of Peruvian Gold." <br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; June 7- September 8, 1991. "Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum."

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
Probably once mounted on wooden shafts, these objects could have served as symbols of chiefly authority, group insignia, the heads of ceremonial weapons, or all three. They eventually were placed in elite graves. The bird may be a male curassow and the feline, a jaguar.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 294
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n318

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 294
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n318

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 398
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n25

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