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Mace head
200 B.C.E.–100 C.E.
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States
Star-shaped mace heads were a common form from at least the Early Intermediate Period (200 B.C.–A.D. 600). The first examples appear in stone, associated with Chavín and Salinar cultures. The succeeding Moche and Nasca developed copper mace heads, which they depict in painted scenes of hand-to-hand combat on ceramic vessels. The pointed metal maces would remain popular throughout Andean cultural history.
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Details
- Title: Mace head
- Date Created: 200 B.C.E.–100 C.E.
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 4 5/8 in. (11.748 cm) Diameter: 4 in. (10.16 cm)
- Type: Tools and Equipment
- External Link: https://www.dma.org/object/artwork/4154868/
- Medium: Stone
- period: Early Intermediate Period
- culture: Salinar
- Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Association Purchase
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