Flint Spear Blade Artist: Unknown

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ca. A.D. 500–1000

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Flint

Dimensions

1 7/8 × 11 1/4 in. (4.8 × 28.6 cm)

Credit Line

Private collection

Loan number

ILE2021.14.14

Geography

Possibly Mexico, Possibly Guatemala

Culture

Mexico or Guatemala, Maya

Period

Classic

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Private Collection, Florida [see note 1]; acquired by Paul Scipione (1924-2004), Leominster, Mass., late 1950s, and by descent to his son; sale, Arte Primitivo, New York, December 14, 2020, lot 11; sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York, December 14, 2020 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., from 2021)

Note 1: According to the December 14, 2020 Arte Primitivo sale, Flint Spear Blade was in a “Private Florida Physician’s Collection.”

Paul Scipione:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newburytoday-uk/obituary.aspx?n=paul-r-scipione&pid=2169733









rivate Collection, Florida [see note 1]; acquired by Paul Scipione (1924-2004), Leominster, Mass., late 1950s, and by descent to his son; sale, Arte Primitivo, New York, December 14, 2020, lot 11; sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York, December 14, 2020 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., from 2021)

Note 1: According to the December 14, 2020 Arte Primitivo sale, Flint Spear Blade was in a “Private Florida Physician’s Collection
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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