AZTEC MAYAN MACUAHUITL OBSIDIAN MESO AMERICAN PRE COLUMBIAN ARTIFACT PALEO ART

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A new replica, with a discount on price from our main website at Occoquan Paleotechnics LLC. This replica showcases one of the deadliest prehistoric combat weapons known, the Macuahuitl, or Obsidian Sword. This weapon had its origin in Pre-Columbian Meso-America, and was at its height of use during the Spanish conquest of the 1500's. There are no surviving examples today, but during this time of Conquest the Spanish drew many descriptions which are available for study today. This and other types are seen in the Codex Mendoza, the Codice Tudela, and the Codex Ixtlilxochitl in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, France. (shown in last two pictures above) This model is 36 inches long, The main body is made in Oak, which is grooved to fit the glued in Obsidian flakes. There are several styles that can be found depicted in the descriptions, and many of these are made from long thin Obsidian blades made from prepared cores. A prototype was made here first with this design, and it was so deadly sharp that it was hard to keep anyone around it safe from injury, due to the scalpel quality edge the raw flakes have when made this way. This is the model we have chosen to make here, which is the type seen most often in the Spanish drawings. These obsidian blades were knapped by hand in the traditional manner from proper prepared obsidian cores, read more

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