MOST DESIRED WAR CLUBS MID AND SOUTH AMERICA

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HERE ARE THREE MORE PICTURES OF THE SHIPIBO TRIBE. PICTURE A CEREMONY WITH SHAMAN AND CLUBS AND TWO PICTURES OF DIFFERENT TRIBAL PATTERNS. ##1. SHAMAN'S CEREMONY #2. & #3. SHIPIBO DESIGNS

I MISSED A FEW PICTURES OF MEXICO SO WILL ADD THEM HERE.
#4. DRAWING OF AZTEC WARRIOR AND WEAPONS
#5. MODERN MACUAHUITL WITH ORANGE GLASS BLADES
#6., #7. & #8. INTERESTING DRAWINGS FROM OLD MEXICAN POST CARDS
#9.REPLICA OF OLD MISSISSIPPIAN SHARK TOOTH CLUB, SIMILAR IDEA LIKE MACUAHUITL

I HAVE ONLY FOUND DRAWINGS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN ARMOR BUT HAVE FOUND SOME ARMOR FROM THE NORTH WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA THAT MAY HAVE SOME SIMILARITY TO WHAT WAS USED IN MID. AND SOUTH AMERICA.
#10. TLINGIT MAN IN WOODEN ARMOR VISOR NO HELMET.
#11. TLINGIT WOODEN HELMET AND VISOR, THE VISOR PROTECTS THE NECK THE HELMET PROTECTS THE SKULL.
#12. PRINT OF N.W. COAST ITEMS INCLUDING ARMOR.

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A FEW MORE AND A BIT OF CONJECTURE.
#1. A MODERN KILLER WHALE HELMET AND A WAR CLUB.

WARNING CONJECTURE AHEAD.

#2 & #3. TWO KACHINAS THAT SORT OF REMIND ME OF THE TWO PIECE ARMOR PICTURED ABOVE WITH THE NECK PROTECTION AND THE HELMET. I LIKE KACHINAS BUT KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THEM SO THIS IS JUST AN OBSERVATION NO OFFENSE MEANT TO THE TRIBAL BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS.

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#. 1. SHIPIBO CLUB AND TWO PADDLES
#2. MACUATHUITL 24 IN. MADE FROM A SWORDFISH BILL.
#3., #4., #5. & #6. MACUATHUITL 39 INCHES DETAIL
#7. MEXICO CIRCA 1500 DRAWING FROM AN OLD BOOK

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THE SHIPIBO/CONIBO TRIBES DO HAVE SOME VARIATIONS IN THEIR CLUBS PERHAPS REGIONAL OR VARIATIONS OVER TIME.
#1. THRU #5. SAID TO BE CONIBO CLUBS CIRCA 1900'S RANGING IN SIZE FROM 140 TO 135 CM. LONG AND 14 TO 18.5 CM WIDE THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE I THE TIP FROM THE SHIPIBO FORM AND ONE PICTURE IS OF AN UNFINISHED CLUB. THE GRIP AREA IS NOT PICTURED WELL ENOUGH TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY VARIATION THERE. ONE EXAMPLE IS AF A VERY ORNATE FORM LIKELY TO SHOW PRESTIGE IN THE TRIBE AND FOR CEREMONY.
#6. & #7. SHIPIBO, PART OF THE CHAMA CULTURE EARLY 1900'S PERU,130 X 11.5 X 3 CM. AND 152 X 15 X 3 CM.
#8. WAS IDENTIFIED AS SHETEBO TRIBE, FROM THE BAJO UCAYALI RIVER, PERU, 1900'S, 131 X 17.5 X 2.5 CM. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A DIFFERENT GROUP OR A DIFFERENT SPELLING DUE TO REGION AND TIME.

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THE MACANA IS A SHORT HEAVY CLUB WITH SORT OF AN HOURGLASS SHAPE SOMETIMES MOUNTED WITH A STONE BLADE BUT OFTEN WITH NONE. IT IS USED BY THE CARIB , KALINA AND RELATED TRIBES IN GUIANA. THE BRITISH AND THE DUTCH BOTH COLONIZED IN GUIANA SO NO DOUBT A FEW CLUBS AND WEAPONS WENT HOME WITH THEM. NOTE THAT SOME OF THE MACANA CLUBS ARE NOT SQUARE ON THE STRIKING END BUT MORE OF A FLAT BLADE FORM. i DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A TERM DIFFERENTIATING THESE TWO FORMS. THERE ARE OTHER CLUBS PICTURED ON THE BOOK PLATES WITH THE MACANA CLUBS THAT I WILL COVER LATER.
#1. A OLD PLATE SHOWING KALINA AND CARIB WEAPONS
#2. A SELECTION OF GUIANA CLUBS
#3. WARRIORS WITH MACANA IN GUIANA
#4. DRAWING OF WARRIOR WITH WEAPONS AND A MACANA
#5. SEVERAL MACANA CLUBS TWO INSET WITH STONE BLADES OFTEN
REFERRED TO AS CELTS.
#6 MACANA BRITISH GUIANA 19TH. CENTURY ARAWAK TRIBE 44X12 X7.5 CM.
#7. MACANA
# 8. GUIANA OR BRAZIL MACANA CLUB
#9. 1800'S MACANA, GUYANA BRAZIL BORDER 18 INCHES OR 45.8 CM. LONG
#10. MACANA
#11. MACANA GUIANA, COLLECTED 1940'S, CARIB TRIBE
#12. MACANA DUTCH GUIANA COLLECTED 1928, CARIB TRIBE, 37 X 7.5 X 7 CM. COTTON CORD DECORATED WITH JAGUAR MOLARS.

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MACANA CLUBS #1., #2. & #3. MACANA 11 X 2.5 INCHES
#4. MACANA WITH STONE BLADE
#5. MACANA WITH HUMAN FIGURES PERHAPS OF THE FLAT FORM.
# 6. MACANA CLUB, IT MAY HAVE A METAL BLADE

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A FEW MORE MACANA CLUBS, I HOPE MACANA IS THE LOCAL NAME OF THIS FORM OF CLUB AND NOT JUST THE WORD CLUB.I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL OTHER FORMS OF WEAPONS REFERRED TO AS MACANA SO IF SOMEONE HAS THE ANSWER PLEASE LET ME KNOW. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS THE TERM MACANA IS A TAINO TERM FOR WOODEN WEAPONS CLUBS AND EVEN A MACANA SPEAR. I HAVE SEEN THE TERM APUTU IN A POST ON THE HOURGLASS SHAPED CLUBS I HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO AS MACANA IN THIS POST. THERE IS ANOTHER NAME FOR CLUBS FROM THE GUINANA AREA SAPAKANA BUT I DON'T KNOW WHICH FORM IT REFERS TO.?

#1. MACANA CIRCA 1886, BRITISH GUIANA
#2., #3. & #4. A CLUB WITH INTERESTING DESIGNS SOLD BY ASHOKA ARTS IN THE PAST.
#5. MACANA ARAWAK GUIANA LATE 18TH TO EARLY 19TH. CENTURY
#6. A BETTER PICTURE OF THE MACANA WITH HUMAN FIGURES
#7. VARIATIONS OF MACANA CLUBS PICTURE FROM A COLLECTION POSTED IN THE OLD POST. THE FIRST LINK POSTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TOPIC..

#8. THRU #11 MACHUTIL REPLICAS AND ART.
#12. SHIPIBO CLUB COLLECTED 1923 UCAYALI RIVER PERU ASHANINKA TRIBE OVER 1.5 METERS LONG.