Mace Item Number: Sf511 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A metal mace (head only) with six conical spikes with rounded ends radiating from a hole at the centre.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E. Possibly Vicus Style, 200 B.C.E.-300 C.E. Mace heads were mounted on wooden handles and used as weapons. Maces with star-shaped heads are frequently depicted on Moche ceramics. Archaeological examples also come from Vicus, a contemporary site in the far north area (Lumbreras). The Spanish chroniclers also picture the Incas, a much later culture, bearing star maces.
Item History
What
- Name
- Mace
- Identification Number
- Sf511
- Type of Item
- mace
- Material
- copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast
- Overall
- height 2.5 cm, diameter 9.0 cm
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
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0711/0014