2008.070.034
Object Title
Six-pointed Mace Head
Measurements
5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (14 x 3 cm)
Creation Date
AD 1400-1532
Credit Line
5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (14 x 3 cm)
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://emuseum.cornell.edu/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:42551
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Early Pre-Ceramic period (12,000-6,000 BCE) throughout to Late Horizon period (CE 1440-1532)
Provenance Information
c. 1961/before c. 1975 – 2008 collection of Thomas Carroll (b. 1919), Chevy Chase, MD (acquired in Latin America while stationed with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN (1958-1961) or while working on assignment with the Inter-American Development Bank (1961-1984)); 2008 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (gift of Thomas Carroll)
Exhibition Information
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection, March 29 – June 15, 2008
Publication Information
Scott, John F. and Laura Johnson-Kelly. A New World: Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection [an exh. cat.]. (Ithaca: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2008); ref. p. 130, color illus. p. 130, cat. no. 220.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The donor pledged part of his collection, including this object, to the museum prior to 2008, as per correspondence between the donor and the museum dated 2005, on file. The object was acquired by the donor between the 1960s and early 1970s, while stationed in or on assignment to Latin America.
