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.–800 A.D.
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.–800 A.D.
200 B.C.–300 A.D.
200 B.C.–1520 A.D.
800–1000
300 B.C.–A.D. 300
9th century A.D.
9th century