GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Mace heads were a common form from at least the Early Intermediate Period (200 BCE–600 CE). The first examples appear in stone, associated with Chavín and Salinar cultures. The succeeding Moche and Nasca developed copper mace heads, which they depict in painted scenes of hand-to-hand combat on ceramic vessels. The pointed metal maces would remain popular throughout Andean cultural history.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.1793; 1976.W.1771; 1976.W.1772; 1976.W.1773; 1976.W.1774], 2015.
NOTES
- Salinar, Early Intermediate Period, 200 B.C.-100 A.D. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13 and 11/29/13.
- Updated geography to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean coast.
Cultures
Salinar: AAT: 300017299
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
stone: AAT: 300011176
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief: AAT: 300053622
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867
Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
Individuals
Subject terms
mace heads (weapons): AAT: 300375720
maces (weapons): AAT: 300037214
club (weapon): AAT: 30037206
social status: AAT: 300065206
wood: AAT: 300011914
staffs (staff weapon components): AAT: 300204653
flanges (general components): AAT: 300233998
conical (shape): AAT: 300378897
bosses (components): AAT: 300047259
conical spikes / bosses (components / objects parts): DMA
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
combat: AAT: 300379752
spikes: AAT: 300036427
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PROVENANCE
Until 1969: Leon Buki, Flushing, NY [1]
From 1969: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated October 24, 1969, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The Dallas Arts Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
Mace heads were a common form from at least the Early Intermediate Period (200 BCE–600 CE). The first examples appear in stone, associated with Chavín and Salinar cultures. The succeeding Moche and Nasca developed copper mace heads, which they depict in painted scenes of hand-to-hand combat on ceramic vessels. The pointed metal maces would remain popular throughout Andean cultural history.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.1793; 1976.W.1771; 1976.W.1772; 1976.W.1773; 1976.W.1774], 2015.
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Notes
- Salinar, Early Intermediate Period, 200 B.C.-100 A.D. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13 and 11/29/13.
- Updated geography to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean coast.
Cultures
Salinar: AAT: 300017299
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
stone: AAT: 300011176
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief: AAT: 300053622
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867
Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
Individuals
Subject terms
mace heads (weapons): AAT: 300375720
maces (weapons): AAT: 300037214
club (weapon): AAT: 30037206
social status: AAT: 300065206
wood: AAT: 300011914
staffs (staff weapon components): AAT: 300204653
flanges (general components): AAT: 300233998
conical (shape): AAT: 300378897
bosses (components): AAT: 300047259
conical spikes / bosses (components / objects parts): DMA
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
combat: AAT: 300379752
spikes: AAT: 300036427
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1969: Leon Buki, Flushing, NY [1]
From 1969: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated October 24, 1969, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The Dallas Arts Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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