gada

The gada is a mallet or blunt mace from the Indian subcontinent. Made either of wood or metal, it consists essentially of a spherical head mounted on a shaft, with a spike on the top. Outside India, the gada was also adopted in Southeast Asia, where it is still used in silat.

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Frameless

Mace, probably Turkish (MET, 14.25.1330)

Gama1916

Mace (Gada), Indo-Persian, detail (MET, 36.149.3)

Hanuman. Gouache drawing. Wellcome V0044963

The Indian God of Preservation Visnu in His Boar Form battling the Giant Hiranyaxa

Hanuman fetches the herb-bearing mountain, in a print from the Ravi Varma Press, 1910's

Mace, North Indian or possibly Deccan (MET, 36.25.1874)

Mace, North Indian or possibly Deccan (MET, 36.25.1874)

Mace (Gada), Indo-Persian (MET, 36.149.3)

maces

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mace, probably Turkish (MET, 14.25.1330)		Commons
commons	image		Gama1916		Commons
commons	image		Mace (Gada), Indo-Persian, detail (MET, 36.149.3)		Commons
commons	image		Hanuman. Gouache drawing. Wellcome V0044963		Commons
commons	image		The Indian God of Preservation Visnu in His Boar Form battling the Giant Hiranyaxa		Commons
commons	image		Hanuman fetches the herb-bearing mountain, in a print from the Ravi Varma Press, 1910's		Commons
commons	image		Mace, North Indian or possibly Deccan (MET, 36.25.1874)		Commons
commons	image		Mace, North Indian or possibly Deccan (MET, 36.25.1874)		Commons
commons	image		Mace (Gada), Indo-Persian (MET, 36.149.3)		Commons
commons	image		maces		Commons