Makana

246. An early club with elaborate cotton bindings. The British Museum has several examples with similar attachments, collected in the mid to early 19th century.

Macanas were carved from specially chosen hardwood that could deliver a death-dealing blow. The surfaces were highly polished then lightly incised with figurative or (as with this example) geometric motifs.
The clubs were prestigious and treasured possessions used in dance and ritual as well as for fighting.

43cm tall the base is 10cm x 9.5cm.

Guyana.

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