Mace

Item number Sf642 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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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.