A published Costa Rican Owl-Form Quartz Mace Head, ca. 500 - 1000 CE Medium - Stucco then private Virginia collection

then private Virginia collection

Coventry Gallery

Werkstätten orientalisierender Keramik auf Rhodos (1957)

This pin type represents but one iconographical variety of a large group of openwork examples manufactured in Luristan

A published Costa Rican Owl-Form Quartz Mace Head, ca. 500 - 1000 CE Medium - Stucco then private Virginia collectionA superb example of a Pre Columbian ceremonial mace head, carved in the form of an owls head from dense, veined brownish gray quartz naturally flecked with crystalline white. The head is rounded and compact, pierced vertically with a shaft hole for attachment to a wooden staff. Dominating the front are two large circular eyes, carefully carved to take advantage of the high concentration of white mineral inclusions, resulting in a striking contrast