An Egyptian Banded Alabaster Mace Head in Erie, Pennsylvania For Sale

View images at: $500 An Egyptian Banded Alabaster Mace Head
Pre-Dynastic, xxxx-xxxx BC. Piriform stone weapon with cylindrical drill hole in center. Once attached to a wooden shaft and used as a weapon to strike at an enemy. The "piriform" or round mace head was used throughout Egypt and the Levante, and replaced the disk-type mace during the Naqada II period of Pre-Dynastic Egypt. Custom stand. Mace head itself measures 2-5/8"D. Intact/excellent condition. Provenance