Horse Head Mexican Machete
Ayutla, Guerrero, Mexico
Late 19th - Early 20th century (ca. 1900)
Steel, bovine horn
Blade: 58,4cm
Hilt & Blade: 70,5cm
Hilt, Blade, Sheath: - (cm)
Collection Date: 2022
Collection Number: 257

Ex. Rick Stroud (RSWORD): Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (2022)

A very old Mexican machete from the late 19th to the early 20th century with a beautifully carved horse head grip. The steel blade, single-edged with Spanish script and floral motifs; a deep stamp with the Mexican town "Ayutla", engravings of "Ayutla" in fanciful script within a boxed area. "Soy (Su?) Valor," which possibly translates (I am your value or I am brave?) Reverse side engraved with the Mexican state "Guerrero" and "De Mi Dueno," translated (Of my owner). Bovine hilt carved with a horse head pommel.