A Costa Rican Green Serpentine Bola Ball, ca. 500 - 1000 CE Vessels - Faience acquired in the 1960s

acquired in the 1960s

Jupiter Ammon

with beautiful overall deep blue-green patina and areas of encrustation

Provenance: Private Maryland collection of a diplomat

Dimensions: Length: 25 inches (63

A Costa Rican Green Serpentine Bola Ball, ca. 500 - 1000 CE Vessels - Faience acquired in the 1960sA carved and polished deep blue green serpentine bola ball with a drilled triple hole suspension system on the top. Bolas are traditional hunting tools in the Americas, most famously used by South American gauchos, but have been used since pre Columbian times. Hunters threw them at the legs of their prey in a movement similsr to lassos in order to trip them up or injure them. The Inca and the Mapuche also used them in battle. The deep green stone of