These are two iron maces from the Joseon Dynasty era (1392-1910 AD) housed at the Seoul Baekje Museum in Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

Length: 68.2 cm, width: 5.2 cm

These sticks have melon-shaped heads.

With a shorter handle, they could be used as hand-held weapons.

During the Joseon Dynasty period, these iron maces were more commonly used than the more common chain maces.

They were excavated from a Joseon Dynasty building site in Cheongjin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, bone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.

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철퇴 / 서위H7875, 7883 / 조선 / 길이 68.2, 너비 5.2cm

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