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clavas (Mapuche clubs)


Identification code: 300452141



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  • clava

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Traditional stone hand clubs used by the Mapuche, indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina; often resembling the form of a claw. They were ceremonial symbols of power; may have had a Polynesian connection.

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