Description:

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 200 BCE. A heavy, polished stone mace head, made from a dense, reddish-brown stone, carved to have a wide socket with slightly raised rims at either end and a body composed of four rows of spiked projections and four ridges of rounded axe form. Significantly, the Chavin culture does not seem to have been warlike, and their cultural expansion across the landscape was not accompanied - 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: 4" in diameter x 4" H (10.2 cm x 10.2 cm)

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

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#156083

  • Condition: Minor chipping to surface as shown, otherwise complete and generally excellent.

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