THREE GREENSTONE ORNAMENTS AND ONE MACE HEAD, Nicoya, Costa Rica, c. 100-900 A.D.; the mace head of barrel shape with fluted sides; one ornament of vertical anthropomorphic form, another representing a cat and the third a crustacean, and each pierced for suspension, color ranging from the pale green for the mace head to rich green for the cat-1in. to 2½in. (2.5cm. to 6.3cm.) high (4) | Christie's

Lot 526

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THREE GREENSTONE ORNAMENTS AND ONE MACE HEAD, Nicoya, Costa Rica, c. 100-900 A.D.; the mace head of barrel shape with fluted sides; one ornament of vertical anthropomorphic form, another representing a cat and the third a crustacean, and each pierced for suspension, color ranging from the pale green for the mace head to rich green for the cat-1in. to 2½in. (2.5cm. to 6.3cm.) high (4)

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THREE GREENSTONE ORNAMENTS AND ONE MACE HEAD, Nicoya, Costa Rica, c. 100-900 A.D.; the mace head of barrel shape with fluted sides; one ornament of vertical anthropomorphic form, another representing a cat and the third a crustacean, and each pierced for suspension, color ranging from the pale green for the mace head to rich green for the cat-1in. to 2½in. (2.5cm. to 6.3cm.) high (4)