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Top of the Mace

Unknown4100 - 3600 ВСЕ

National Museum of the History of Ukraine

National Museum of the History of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine

This is a cross-shaped top of the mace. Its surface is intensively ground and polished. Such maces could be used both as melee shock weapons and as cult objects (symbols of power).

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  • Title: Top of the Mace
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 4100 - 3600 ВСЕ
  • Location Created: Unknown
  • Physical Dimensions: h 38, w 73 mm
  • Type: Objects of worship
  • Rights: National Museum of the History of Ukraine
  • Medium: Porphyrite, grinding, drilling
  • Place found: Kyiv Region, Ukraine
  • Period: Eneolithic
  • Culture: Cucuteni–Trypillia
National Museum of the History of Ukraine

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