Macana

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Macana (Navatlace : mācuahuitl) est armamentum Mesoamericanum antiquum, clavae acutae sive ensi ligneo simile. Macanis nonnumquam erant acies ex obsidiano.

Nexus Externi

Loci

Petri Martyris Decades de Orbe Novo:

"Cominus hi certant vt plurimum, ensibus oblongis, quos macanas ipsi appellant, ligneis tamen, quia ferrum non assequuntur..." (p. 127)

"armatum [???] more, arcubus putà & sagittis, machanísque, id est, ensibus amplis, ligneis, oblongus, utráque manu agitandis..." (p. 180)