Crenelated spear point
200 B.C.–1520 A.D.
Object PlaceCosta Rica
Medium/TechniqueAndesite, chalcedony, or related stone
DimensionsOverall: 4.8 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm (1 7/8 × 9/16 × 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Leslie S. Feron Trust
Accession number2017.4303
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBetween 1934 and 1945, acquired in Costa Rica by Louis Féron (b. 1901 – d. 1998), Costa Rica and New York; 1998, by inheritance to his widow, Leslie Snow Féron (b. 1926 – d. 2017), New Hampshire; 2017, bequest of Leslie Snow Féron to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)
200 B.C.–700 A.D.
200 B.C.–700 A.D.
200 B.C.–800 A.D.
200 B.C.–800 A.D.
200 B.C.–300 A.D.
200 B.C.–1520 A.D.
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
9th century A.D.
9th century