Your Cut and Paste list to email to your
Maquahuitl maker.
1) a. What type wood do you use?
b. Where exactly did it grow in Pre-Columbian Meso-America?
2) a. Has any electric tool been used in it production?
b. If so, what tools?
c. On what parts of the club?
3) a. Has sandpaper or any kind of electric grinding/sanding/polishing
machine been used in
the manufacture?
b. If so, what tools?
c. On what parts of the club?
4) a. Is it made from a commercially saw plank?
b. If so, is any surface area of the original plank left unworked?
c. If so, what area(s)?
5) a. Is authentic paint used?
b. If so, did you make it yourself? Or where did you buy it?
c. List all the ingredients
d. What is the recipe?
e. What proof is there the Meso-Americans used it?
6) a. Is authentic glue used?
b. If so, did you make it yourself? Or where did you buy it?
c. List all the ingredients
d. What is the recipe?
e. What proof is there the Meso-Americans used it?
f. Is it strong enough to survive a powerful impact?
g. How easy is it to replace the blades?
7) a. Is authentic varnish used?
b. If so, did you make it yourself? Or where did you buy it?
c. List all the ingredients
d. What is the recipe?
e. What proof is there the Meso-Americans used it?
f. How long did it take to dry?
8) a. What is the blade material?
b. Was this material commonly available in the region of Meso-America the club
design hails from?
c. What style of knapping is used?
d. What proof is their Maquahuitl from this region used this style of knapping?
e. What shape are the blades?
f. What is the proof this shape of blades were used in this region?
9) a. What shape will the club be?
b. What is the proof clubs in this region were this shape in the region of Meso-America
the
club design hails from?
c. Is the carving or decoration authentic to this region?
d. If yes, what is the proof?
e. How heavy will the Maquahuitl be?
f. What evidence is there this is the correct weight?
10)
a. Are any feathers used from a bird native to pre-Columbiam Meso-America?
b. Is the glue used authentic (see q. 6)?
c. Is the featherwork method authentic?
d. Is the design authentic?
11)
a. Is the cord authentically hand woven?
b. Did you dye it yourself?
c. What is the dye recipe?
d. What evidence is there the Meso-Americans used this dye?
e. What evidence is there the Meso-Americans used the knot you have tied?
