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Pre-columbian Maces, Clubs, & Bludgeons

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Maces & Clubs - Mesoamerica - Aztec

Aztec Weapon / Tools

The Aztec used a variety of blunt weapons.

The cuauhololli was a mace made of wood with a ball at the end. It could be used to smash and crush. Various other types of clubs were commonly used, sometimes just made of wood, other times with embedded stone as the maquahuitl.

Mezcala Macana or Mazo (Mace) Heads (Cuahuaitalli)
From Lake Chapala Area, Mexico

Maces & Clubs - Mesoamerica - Maya

Ceremonial Handle/Mace Head (?), 9th–13th century - Mexico; Maya-Toltec (?)
Jade (jadeite/omphacite); H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

Metropolitan Museum

Kaminal Juyú, Preclassic, Ceremonial Club Head.

Maze or club head. The design is one of the vision serpents.

Maya Inscribe Maze or club head

Maya stone club/bludgeon height 24.2 cm Club with skyband design incised. Drill hole for suspension cord.

Maya stone cluc/blodgeon height 24.2 cm Club with skyband design incised. Drill hole for suspension cord.

Maces & Clubs - Mesoamerica - Olmec

Front View

Back View Olmec

Olmec Standing figure (possibly a Mace Head), 900300 B.C.
Jadeite H. 3 3/8" (8.6 cm); W. 1 3/8" (3.5 cm)

Dumbarton Oaks Collection

Olmec fragmentary jadeite maize ear fetish. Note the partial head of the Olmec Maize God at the bottom.

Peabody Museum, Harvard University

Olmec stone Mace Head length 13.0 cm. Serpent

Maces & Clubs - Mesoamerica - Other

	Veracruz hand stone. height 13.9 cm. Hand stone in the form of a curled rodent. May have been used in hand to hand combat (boxing).

Maces & Clubs - Central America - Costa Rica

	Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Bird (Male Curassow) Southern Nicoya region Costa Rica 4th century BC - AD 7th century The Cleveland Museum of Art Collection		Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Bird Design - Green Stone Private Collection
	Parrot Club Head Costa Rica Private Collection		Parrot Mace Club Head - Guanecaste-Nicoya Private Collection
	Parrot Mace Head - Guanacaste-Nicoya Region Private Collection		Parrot Mace Head - Guanacaste-Nicoya Region 300 BC to 300 AD Private Collection
	Pale Green Jadeite - MACE HEAD circa 800 to 1500 AD Mayan greenstone or jadeite mace head from the Guanacaste Nicoya region of Costa Rica. Pale green, slightly translucent stone. Avian effigy form, probably a parrot or Curassow. Classic disk shaped eyes and grooved crest.		Mace Head In The Shape Of A Monkey's Head - Guanacaste Private Collection
	Jaguar Mace Club Head Costa Rica Private Collection		Quartz Jaguar Club Head Costa Rica Private Collection
	Jaguar Mace Club Head - Ganacaste-Nicoya Private Collection		Polished Stone Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?) Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region, 4th century BC - AD 7th century Overall: 8.8cm x 7.7cm x 10.6cm Cleveland Museum Of Art
	Unusual Stylized Reptile Head Mace Head - Atlantic Watershed Private Collection		Unidentifiable Animal (possibly Tapir) Club Head Costa Rica Private Collection
	Human Head Club Head Costa Rica Private Collection		Human Head Club Head Costa Rica Private Collection
	Shaman Club Head Costa Rica Private Collection		Monkey Mace Head Private Collection
	Avian Mace Head Jade Museum Costa Rica
	Baton (weapon?). Nicoya, Costa Rica. Green stone. height 26.7 cm. The top is composed of two abstract figuresback to back. Similar in concept to the double jaguar throne of Uxmal

Maces & Clubs - Central America

Nicaragua - Polished Green Stone Mace Head

Maces & Clubs - Caribbean

Taíno Stone Axe. length 36.8 cm. Shark form.

Taino. stone. Axe Weapon. Shark form. El Museo del Barrio, NY. height 24.1 cm.

Maces & Clubs - South America - Bolivia

Cochabamba Inca style bronze mace head

Museo Arqueológico de la Universidad de San Simón

Cochabamba Inca style bronze mace head

Museo Arqueológico de la Universidad de San Simón

Maces & Clubs - South America - Colombia

Greenstone staff (possibly Ceremonial Bludgeon Weapon), 1550 - 1600 AD, from the Tairona culture of Colombia.

Maces & Clubs - South America - Ecuador

Valdivia Stone Axe/Mace Head

Maces & Clubs - South America - Peru

Chavin Culture Weapons
	Chavin, Cupisnique style North Coast of Peru Mace head, 200 B.C.A.D. 100 Diorite - H. 5" (12.6 cm); D. 4 1/4" (10.7 cm) Dumbarton Oaks Collection	Polished Stone Mace Head North coast of Peru, Chavin/Salinar Culture, 2nd Century BC-1st Century AD Cleveland Museum of Art
Chimu Culture Weapons
	Chimu Copper alloy club head Museo Larco	Chimu Copper alloy club head Museo Larco
	Chimu Copper alloy club head Museo Larco	Chimu Copper alloy scepter or club head Museo Larco
	Chimu Copper alloy club head Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
	Chimu Copper alloy club head Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino	Chimu Copper alloy club head Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
Vicus Culture Weapons
	Gold plated Vicus mace club head Museo Larco	Gold plated Vicus mace club head Museo Larco
	Silver alloy Vicus mace club head Museo Larco	Vicus Gold alloy mace head Museo Lar
Viru Culture Weapons
	Virú-Gallinazo Owl shaped mace head copper alloy Museo Larco	Virú-Gallinazo Copper alloy mace head Museo Larco
	Virú-Gallinazo Zoomorphic copper alloy mace head Museo Larco
Inca/Inka Culture Weapons
	Canopa - Inca Culture Peruvian Highlands 1400 - 1532 C.E. av'g height: 1.5" - 3" William Siegal Galleries Collection	Inca Mace head, Diorite - H. 5" (12.6 cm); D. 4 1/4" (10.7 cm) National Museum Of Peru
	Canopa - Inca Culture Peruvian Highlands 1400 - 1532 C.E. av'g height: 1.5" - 3" William Siegal Galleries Collection	Inca Alpaca Mace head, Diorite Cleveland Museum of Art
	Canopa (Mace Head) - Inca Culture Peruvian	Inca Stone Canopa Mace Head
	Inka Star-shaped club heads
	Inka Club heads	Inca Star-shaped club
	Inka Star shaped Copper alloy Mace Head Peabody Museum	Inka Star shaped Copper alloy Mace Head Peabody Museum
Moche/Mochica Culture Weapons
	Mochica trophy head motif copper alloy secter or club head Museo Larco	Moche silver copper alloy Star shaped mace head Museo Larco
	Moche Copper mace head Museo Larco	Moche Silver copper alloy star shaped mace head Museo Larco
	Moche Copper mace head Museo Larco	Moche Copper alloy mace head Museo Larco
	Moche mace head Museo Larco	Moche Mace Head Museo Larco
	Moche Copper alloy mace head British Museum	Moche Copper alloy mace head Museo Larco
	Moche Copper alloy Bludgeon / hammer Museo Larco

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