PC031 - BEAUTIFUL PRE-COLUMBIAN BIRD EFFIGY STONE MACE HEAD FROM CENTRAL AMERICA MADE OUT OF UNUSUAL HARDSTONE

Product Description

ITEM # 

PC031

ID

Weapon / Tool

FOUND

Atlantic Watershed - Central America

AGE

Period IV:  300 B.C. - 500 A.D.

SIZE

3.15" x 2.75"

CONDITION

INTACT AND COMPLETE WITH NO DAMAGE.
NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.  MINERALS
DEEP IN MICROSCOPIC CREVICES.

NOTE

BEAUTIFUL UNDAMAGED EXAMPLE MADE
OF A STRANGE GREEN STONE.

Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

This is a BEAUTIFUL stone bird effigy mace head from ancient Pre-Columbian Central America.  The form and polish is as good as it gets but additionally, the stone itself is very bizarre in a fascinating and attractive way.  It appears to be some type of dense volcanic stone but seems to have taken a polish much better than this stone is known for.  The light green hue adds to the beauty.  A bird head projects out from one side which would have been especially effective at damaging a skull of the unfortunate enemy it might have struck.  Pieces like this are a perfect union of art and war and offer an interesting perspective into the "beauty" that was beheld in combat in this ancient period and culture.  Mace head shows original iron mineral encrustations which are ONLY found in authentic and original specimens.  Beware of the multitude of fakes that abound in the market and have for a very long time.  This spectacular ancient Pre-Columbian striking weapon is 100% ORIGINAL, INTACT AND WITHOUT ANY REPAIR OR RESTORATION.  A fine piece of both, ancient weaponry and ancient art.  Includes our written unconditional lifetime certificate of GUARANTEED AUTHENTICITY.

The Greater Nicoya Pre-Columbian Culture is an archaeological culture that prevailed in the area of Latin America comprising the far southwestern coastal region of Honduras, the far northwestern Pacific coastal region of Costa Rica and the Pacific side of coastal Nicaragua.  This indigenous Indian culture thrived for many centuries before the first Spanish explorers made contact around 1500 A.D..  The people had no written language but spoke Nahuatl and had continual contact with the Aztec (Mexica) Indians of Central Mexico.  The Gran Nicoya culture included many beautiful designs incorporating a variety of different mammals, reptiles and amphibians in effigy pieces.  Their pottery is also known for complex glyph-like painted decorations.  In the first 500 to 600 years A.D., resources became low as populations grew and warfare become increasingly evident.   Tribes in this region practiced head-hunting and victim sacrifice in their warfare.