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| Keywords: South Arabian - Mace Head - Walters 2114 - Three Quarter.jpg This mace terminates in a young bull's head The ornaments on the forehead--a star and crescent moon--the eyes and the decorative semicircles on the jaws were once inlaid; remnants of bitumen and shell inlay remain in the eye The size and ornamentation of the mace indicates that it was used for ceremonial purposes in a palace or temple rather than as a weapon century 1 BC - century 1 AD calcite-alabaster bitumen shell black stone cm 8 9 14 accession number 21 14 37545 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Saudi Arabia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
