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Pre-Columbian Americas
Guanacaste-Nicoya zone (?), Costa Rica
Mace Head with Human Face
A.D. 1–500
Igneous stone
L. 3 7/16 in. (12.1 cm)
Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection
Indiana University Art Museum, 62.102
Mace heads such as this probably served as emblems of military prowess
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