An Egyptian Indurated Limestone Mace Head, Pre-Dynastic Period, ca. 3500 - 3200 BCE Amulets - GGSA Warlukurlangu Artists & Artists of

Warlukurlangu Artists & Artists of Ampilatwatja - Flinders Lane Gallery

2686-2160 BCE)

acquired in the mid 1960's and then by descent to present owner

2023 Utopia in Colours

aside from a few early examples carved from carnelian

An Egyptian Indurated Limestone Mace Head, Pre-Dynastic Period, ca. 3500 - 3200 BCE Amulets - GGSA Warlukurlangu Artists & Artists ofThe teardrop shaped head pierced longitudinally for attachment to a wooden shaft, carved from a creamy indurated limestone. Background: The mace is a basic hand held weapon, halfway between a club and a hammer. Symbols of military might, Egyptian iconography is rife with depictions of Egyptian leaders smiting enemies with a mace, and some of the earliest tangible documentation of Dynastic Egypt was provided by ceremonial mace heads, such as that of