Mace Item Number: Sf642 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Circular stone with a large hole in the middle and six projection points around the circumference. The projections are conical but rounded in contour. The finished brown stone has a yellowish cast. The central 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 0711/0144