Mace Item Number: Sf510 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
A circular metal mace (head only) with a hole at the centre.
Vicus style, Early Intermediate Period, 300 B.C.E. -300 C.E., mace heads were mounted on wooden handles and used as weapons. They are frequently depicted in battle scenes on Moche ceramics. Archaeological examples of this type have come from Vicus (Kauffmann Doig; Lumbreras).