2004.51 Owl-head ceremonial mace head (Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed)



GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES
  • Late Period IV, 1–500 CE (noted on TMS), NOT updated by KJones.
  • Previously Entered Provenance (note): From curator Carol Robbins' email message to Jack Lane, Bonnie Pitman, and Roslyn Walker of: "Following the year-end gifts meeting, I called Ann Daley, who has since  spoken with Spencer Throckmorton, the New York dealer from whom Frederick and Jan Mayer purchased the three Costa Rican pieces this fall. Spencer told Ann that he purchased two of the objects, the metate [DMA ID# T43083.2] and the mace head [DMA ID# T43083.1], from a family in New York in the early 1980s, before 1983. He purchased the jade from a San Francisco family, through Dave Beroche (spelling?), a San Francisco dealer. The jade [DMA ID# T43083.3] had reportedly been out of Costa Rica since the 1960s. The United States accepted the UNESCO Convention on September 2, 1983; it entered into force on December 2, 1983. Costa Rica ratified the Convention on March 6, 1966; it entered into effect on June 6, 1996."

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364 
Atlantic Ocean: TGN: 7014206

Process/materials
stone: AAT: 300011176
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867

Historical periods


Individuals

Subject terms
mace heads (weapons): AAT: 300375720
maces (weapons): AAT: 300037214
ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117
club (weapon): AAT: 30037206
social status: AAT: 300065206
wood: AAT: 300011914
staffs (staff weapon components): AAT: 300204653
flanges (general components): AAT: 300233998
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
combat: AAT: 300379752
conical (shape): AAT: 300378897
bosses (components): AAT: 300047259
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
Falconiformes (order / diurnal birds of prey): AAT: 300310286
owls (birds/animals/strigiformes order): AAT: 300310290
deities: AAT: 300343850
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
protection: AAT: 300164923
cleft head (motif): DMA

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until at least 1983: Private collection, New York [1], [2]

From at least 1983-2004: Spencer Throckmorton, New York, purchased from the above [1], [2]
 
From 2004: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from Carol Robbins to Jack Lane, Bonnie Pitman, and Roslyn Walker (dated December 21, 2004, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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Notes
  • Late Period IV, 1–500 CE (noted on TMS), NOT updated by KJones.
  • Previously Entered Provenance (note): From curator Carol Robbins' email message to Jack Lane, Bonnie Pitman, and Roslyn Walker of: "Following the year-end gifts meeting, I called Ann Daley, who has since  spoken with Spencer Throckmorton, the New York dealer from whom Frederick and Jan Mayer purchased the three Costa Rican pieces this fall. Spencer told Ann that he purchased two of the objects, the metate [DMA ID# T43083.2] and the mace head [DMA ID# T43083.1], from a family in New York in the early 1980s, before 1983. He purchased the jade from a San Francisco family, through Dave Beroche (spelling?), a San Francisco dealer. The jade [DMA ID# T43083.3] had reportedly been out of Costa Rica since the 1960s. The United States accepted the UNESCO Convention on September 2, 1983; it entered into force on December 2, 1983. Costa Rica ratified the Convention on March 6, 1966; it entered into effect on June 6, 1996."

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364 
Atlantic Ocean: TGN: 7014206

Process/materials
stone: AAT: 300011176
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867

Historical periods


Individuals

Subject terms
mace heads (weapons): AAT: 300375720
maces (weapons): AAT: 300037214
ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117
club (weapon): AAT: 30037206
social status: AAT: 300065206
wood: AAT: 300011914
staffs (staff weapon components): AAT: 300204653
flanges (general components): AAT: 300233998
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
combat: AAT: 300379752
conical (shape): AAT: 300378897
bosses (components): AAT: 300047259
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
Falconiformes (order / diurnal birds of prey): AAT: 300310286
owls (birds/animals/strigiformes order): AAT: 300310290
deities: AAT: 300343850
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
protection: AAT: 300164923
cleft head (motif): DMA

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until at least 1983: Private collection, New York [1], [2]

From at least 1983-2004: Spencer Throckmorton, New York, purchased from the above [1], [2]
 
From 2004: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from Carol Robbins to Jack Lane, Bonnie Pitman, and Roslyn Walker (dated December 21, 2004, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
incising: AAT: 300053847
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
deities: AAT: 300343850
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
owls (birds/animals/strigiformes order): AAT: 300310290
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
social status: AAT: 300065206
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
bands (decorative): DMA
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
bosses (components): AAT: 300047259
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
cleft head (motif): DMA
staffs (staff weapon components): AAT: 300204653
beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475
protection: AAT: 300164923
stone: AAT: 300011176
Atlantic Ocean: TGN: 7014206
conical (shape): AAT: 300378897
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364
Falconiformes (order / diurnal birds of prey): AAT: 300310286
maces (weapons): AAT: 300037214
clubs (weapon): AAT: 300037206
combat: AAT: 300379752
flanges (general components): AAT: 300233998
mace heads (weapons): AAT: 300375720
Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018
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