Macuahuitl

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Macuahuitl is a type of wooden club or paddle, embedded with sharp pieces of obsidian. The weapon is capable of inflicting terrible injuries,

combining the sharp cutting edge of an obsidian blade with the ragged cut of a serrated weapon.

capable of inflicting serious lacerations from the rows of obsidian blades embedded in its sides.[2] three to four feet long, and three inches broad, with a groove along either edge, into which sharp-edged pieces of flint or obsidian were inserted, and firmly fixed with some adhesive compound

”, probably rubber or chicle.[3] The rows of obsidian blades were sometimes discontinuous, leaving gaps along the side while at other times the rows were set close together and formed a single edge.[4]

The macahuitl was made with either one-handed or two-handed grips as well as in rectangular, egg-shaped or pointed forms. The two-handed macahuitl has been described "as tall as a man".