Meso American Macuahuitl / Macana

Above: Illustration of the only confirmed Macuahuitl extant until modern times - destroyed in 1884 in a fire in the Armería Real in Madrid, where it was housed beside the last tepoztopilli (a PreColumbian spear made in a similar fashion to the Macana with Obsidian Teeth).

Fortunately measurements survive:

TL: 84 cm
Cutting Surface L: 57 cm
Handle L: 26 cm
Cutting Surface W: 4 or 5 cm
Individual Inset Blade L: 2 cm

The following given in the recently updated Macuahuitl Wikipedia article (probably as general weights and lengths for Macuahuitl designated for warfare:

Weight:2.0–3.0 kg
Length:90-120 cm

We also have many artistic representations still available, both Meso American and Spainish.


Florentine Codex (from Vol. IX)


Eagle and Jaguar Knights, Florentine Codex Book 2

Sources: www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/home/mexica-weaponry
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuahuitl