Mace (bludgeon)
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A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often
Various Eastern maces, from left: Bozdogan/buzdygan (Ottoman), tabar-shishpar (Indian), shishpar (Indian), shishpar (Indian), gurz (Indian), shishpar (Indian).
A mural of Bhima with his mace
Disc-shaped stone macehead, Egypt, Naqada culture
Moche stone maces, Larco Museum, Lima, Peru
Morning star (weapon)
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A morning star is any of several medieval club-like weapons consisting of a shaft with an attached ball adorned with one or more spikes. Such weapons provided their wielders with a combination of blun
Mace (bludgeon)
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A morning star (middle) shown among other club designs
Morning star (left), next to a ball-and-chain flail (right)