Mace Item Number: Sf641 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Circular, black stone mace consisting of six projecting points around the circumference and a hole in the middle. The stone is rough textured and not highly finished. The hole is convex in shape, flaring out at both openings.
History Of Use
This stone would have been slipped onto a wooden stalk and wielded like a club in hand-to-hand combat. Star-shaped maces were used by various cultures ranging from Vicus and Moche (200 C.E.) to Inca (c. 1500 C.E.). The Inca favoured the six-pointed star mace.
Narrative
Possibly Inca ; (1476-1532 C.E.), pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- before 1532
- Collection Date
- between 1949 and 1966
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 1981
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0711/0143