Avian Mace Head · WRSTL PLACE

Title: Avian Mace Head
Description: There is not a lot of information on this object in the Saint Louis Art Museum online collections. This object originated in Costa Rica, North and Central America and is made out of stone. The object is classified as arms and armor and is currently not on view in the Saint Louis Art Museum galleries.
Semester: Spring 2026
Subject: Indigenous Art; Saint Louis Art Museum; Morton D. May; Nicoya; Costa Rica
Temporal Coverage: 500 – 800
Spatial Coverage: Costa Rica, North and Central America
Language: object description is in English
Medium: The object is made out of stone
Source: Saint Louis Art Museum; https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9040/
Is Part Of: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; Morton D. May
Identifier: 373:1978
Provenance: 1966
May Department Stores Company, St. Louis, MO, USA; 1966 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from the May Department Stores Company; 1979
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May
Explanation of Omeka Map Location: This object originated in Costa Rica, North and Central America but the map will have Costa Rica as the place where the object originated from.