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Pre-Columbian Chimú Mace Head Moche Culture, Northern Peru
Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chimú Inca, mace head presenting a disc-pattern with a hole the center. A very lethal weapon made to be attached to a solid shaft used to bludgeon one's adversaries! Designed as a lethal weapon, the circular form attests to the Chimú's' reverence for the celestial realm - most specifically the moon. A very special and rare artifact please note that itappears to have been glued together at some point.
The form and structure of the mace shows an aptitude for art, engineering, and war; as the Chimú as well as Incas were all that and more.
The preferred weapons of battle and hunting in ancient Peru were the mace and the spear. A mace head would have been affixed to the end of a wooden club, and it was deployed primarily for hand-to-hand combat. A mace head could be embellished and experimented with by the artisans that made them. This one has a well refined simplicity that yields a forms in stone reflective of the moon; which the Chimú worshiped.
Worshipping themoon, the Chimú, unlike the Inca, considered it more powerful than thesun.
