MAORI LONG WEAPONS

VANDOO · 20th June 2016, 06:43 PM

#1, #2. #3. #5. & #6 MAORI SHORT AXES
#4.MAORI LONG WEAPONS, a. POUWHENUA, b. TEWHA TEWHA,
c & d. TAIAHA, e. LONG AX KAKAUROA
#7. VARIOUS WEAPONS AND SHORT AX
#8, # 9., #10, & #11. CEREMONIAL ADZ, (TOKI POUTANGATA)
#12. VARIOUS MAORI WEAPONS, a.& b. TAIAHA , c. POUWHENUA,
d. TEWHA TEWHA ,e. WHALEBONE, HOEROA

VANDOO · 20th June 2016, 07:47 PM

POUWHENUA SIMILAR TO THE TAIAHA IN SIZE AND FUNCTION BUT WITH A SHARPER MORE EFFICIENT POINT FOR SPEARING. OFTEN MADE OF WHALEBONE AND BELONGING TO PROMINENT WARRIORS OR MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE.
#1. 175.5 CM. LONG POUWHENUA
#2. & #3. POUWHENUA
#4. VARIOUS MAORI LONG WEAPONS CHRISTCHURCH MUSEUM. N.Z.
HOEROA CLUB, MAORI WERE SAID TO TIE A CORD ON THESE AND THROW THEM AT THE ENEMY FROM THE WALLS OF THE PA. (FORTRESS) . MADE OF THE JAW FROM SPERM WHALES THEY ARE HEAVY AND HARD.
#5., DRAWING OF A HOEROA
#6., #7, HOEROA WITH SOME OTHER WEAPONS
#8, #9, #10. HOEROA, 43.5 INCHES LONG WHALE BONE
#11. OLD DRAWING OF VARIOUS MAORI WEAPONS.

VANDOO · 23rd June 2016, 06:37 PM

#1. TWO MAORI WHALEBONE CLUBS, HOEROA
#2. THREE TYPES OF MAORI WEAPONS
#3. MAORI LONG AX AND HOEROA
#4. MAORI WEAPONS SHOWING FRONT AND SIDE VIEWS
#5. DETAILED PICTURES OF MAORI WHALE BONE HOEROA
#6. MAORI WITH LONG AX ,PERHAPS FROM A PLAY
#7. WHALEBONE CLUB HOEROA
#8. TWO MAORI ADZES
#9. A MAORI POUWHENUA
#10. DETAIL OF POUWHENUA WITH CARVED BLADE
#11. GROUP OF MAORI TEWA TEWA
#12. MAORI EEL SPEARS, MATARAU, NOT A WEAPON BUT COULD BE USED IF NEEDED.

VANDOO · 23rd June 2016, 08:28 PM

THE HOEROA IS MENTIONED AS BEING USED AS A THROWING CLUB WITH A CORD ATTACHED TO IT. FROM THE ONES I HAVE SEEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY AWKWARD AND IMPRACTICAL TO USE THAT WAY. THERE ARE THROWING WEAPONS CALLED KOTAHA ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS WHIP SPEAR. IT IS BASICALLY A ATAL ATAL ,SPEAR THROWER WITH A CORD USED TO THROW A SMALL DART OR SPEAR. THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN IS THE SPEAR BUTT IS STUCK IN THE GROUND THE CORD ATTACHED FROM THE THROWING STICK TO IT THEN THE OPERATOR WHIPS IT FORWARD AND AROUND AND THE CORD IS RELEASED AT THE PROPER TIME TO PROPEL THE DART WITH CONSIDERABLE FORCE A LONG DISTANCE. PERHAPS THE HOEROA WAS USED AS THE SPEAR THROWER RATHER THAN THE PROJECTILE.?

THERE ARE SOME WEB SITES GIVING BETTER INFORMATION BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LINK THEM. SOME PICTURES OF SPEARS AND SPEAR THROWERS
#1. PICTURE SHOWING 1. KOTAHA KURUTAI 2.KOTAHA 3. HOEROA AKA PARAOA
#2. & #3. PICTURES SHOWING HOW SPEAR IS PLACED AND THROWING TECKNIQUE
#4. DRAWING OF TWO EXAMPLES OF KOTAHA I ASSUME THE CARVING IS AT THE END THAT IS GRIPPED.
#5 THRU #12 VARIOUS EXAMPLES OF KOTAHA

THE SPEARS ARE USUALLY LIGHT WEIGHT WITH NOTCHED TIPS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BREAK OFF IN THE BODY AND USUALLY ASSURED A SLOW DEATH. PERHAPS THESE WERE USED WHEN DEFENDING THE VILLAGE AS THE MAORI DID NOT USE BOWS OR BLOWGUNS.

VANDOO · 27th June 2016, 06:29 AM

MAORI SPEARS COME IN SEVERAL TYPES SOME FOR HUNTING SMALL BIRDS FOR FOOD AND MORE ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR FEATHERS. A BLIND WAS BUILT IN A TREE WHERE A FRUIT THE BIRDS EAT GROWS, WHEN BIRDS CAME TO EAT A LONG BARBED SPEAR WAS USED TO KILL THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE WERE EVER USED IN WARFARE BUT NO DOUBT COULD SERVE IF NEEDED. PICTURE
#1. A 26.8 CM. 19TH CENTURY WHALEBONE BIRD POINT.
#2. IRON TRADE BIRD SPEAR POINT 18TH TO 19 TH. CENTURY 14.5 CM.
#3. BONE BIRD SPEAR POINTS
#4. DRAWING OF A MAORI BIRD SPEARING PLATFORM
THERE WERE TWO TYPES OF WAR SPEARS A SHORTER ONE FOR THROWING OR FENCING AND A LONGER ONE OFTEN USED FROM THE WALLS OF THE PA, FORT.
#5. & #6. MAORI SPEAR FOR HUNTING MOA 219 CM. LONG, 10 NOBBED
HANDLE
#7. DRAWING HUNTING MOA
#8. MAORI SPEAR CALLED TAO
#9. MAORI SPEAR
#10. MAORI SPEAR TAO FIGHTING POSITION

kahnjar1 · 27th June 2016, 08:26 AM

Hi Barry, A couple of other pics which you will be familiar with...
Stu

VANDOO · 27th June 2016, 11:17 PM

THAT JUST ABOUT COVERS MAORI ITEMS THAT ARE PRIMARILY WEAPONS. I WILL INCLUDE A FEW TOOLS AND CEREMONIAL ITEMS THAT WOULD SERVE AS WEAPONS WHEN NEEDED.
#1 THRU #6 . KO, A MAORI SPADE OR DIGGING STICK, WOULD MAKE A GOOD WEAPON IF SURPRISED IN THE FIELD. THERE ARE SOME OTHER AGRICULTURAL TOOLS IN ONE PICTURE.
#7. MAORI MAULS NOT VERY EFFICIENT BUT IF YOU CONNECTED THEY WOULD MAKE A BIG IMPRESSION.

#8. MAORI 48 X 7 CM. DANCE PADDLE
#9. MAORI DANCE PADDLE 50 INCHES LONG
#10. MAORI FLAX BEATER
#11. & #12. MAORI CEREMONIAL CHIEFS PADDLES CALLED HOE

20th June 2016, 06:43 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	#1, #2. #3. #5. & #6 MAORI SHORT AXES #4.MAORI LONG WEAPONS, a. POUWHENUA, b. TEWHA TEWHA, c & d. TAIAHA, e. LONG AX KAKAUROA #7. VARIOUS WEAPONS AND SHORT AX #8, # 9., #10, & #11. CEREMONIAL ADZ, (TOKI POUTANGATA) #12. VARIOUS MAORI WEAPONS, a.& b. TAIAHA , c. POUWHENUA, d. TEWHA TEWHA ,e. WHALEBONE, HOEROA Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 20th June 2016 at 07:53 PM.

20th June 2016, 07:47 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	POUWHENUA SIMILAR TO THE TAIAHA IN SIZE AND FUNCTION BUT WITH A SHARPER MORE EFFICIENT POINT FOR SPEARING. OFTEN MADE OF WHALEBONE AND BELONGING TO PROMINENT WARRIORS OR MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE. #1. 175.5 CM. LONG POUWHENUA #2. & #3. POUWHENUA #4. VARIOUS MAORI LONG WEAPONS CHRISTCHURCH MUSEUM. N.Z. HOEROA CLUB, MAORI WERE SAID TO TIE A CORD ON THESE AND THROW THEM AT THE ENEMY FROM THE WALLS OF THE PA. (FORTRESS) . MADE OF THE JAW FROM SPERM WHALES THEY ARE HEAVY AND HARD. #5., DRAWING OF A HOEROA #6., #7, HOEROA WITH SOME OTHER WEAPONS #8, #9, #10. HOEROA, 43.5 INCHES LONG WHALE BONE #11. OLD DRAWING OF VARIOUS MAORI WEAPONS. Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 20th June 2016 at 08:33 PM.

23rd June 2016, 06:37 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	#1. TWO MAORI WHALEBONE CLUBS, HOEROA #2. THREE TYPES OF MAORI WEAPONS #3. MAORI LONG AX AND HOEROA #4. MAORI WEAPONS SHOWING FRONT AND SIDE VIEWS #5. DETAILED PICTURES OF MAORI WHALE BONE HOEROA #6. MAORI WITH LONG AX ,PERHAPS FROM A PLAY #7. WHALEBONE CLUB HOEROA #8. TWO MAORI ADZES #9. A MAORI POUWHENUA #10. DETAIL OF POUWHENUA WITH CARVED BLADE #11. GROUP OF MAORI TEWA TEWA #12. MAORI EEL SPEARS, MATARAU, NOT A WEAPON BUT COULD BE USED IF NEEDED. Attached Images

23rd June 2016, 08:28 PM	#4
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE HOEROA IS MENTIONED AS BEING USED AS A THROWING CLUB WITH A CORD ATTACHED TO IT. FROM THE ONES I HAVE SEEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY AWKWARD AND IMPRACTICAL TO USE THAT WAY. THERE ARE THROWING WEAPONS CALLED KOTAHA ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS WHIP SPEAR. IT IS BASICALLY A ATAL ATAL ,SPEAR THROWER WITH A CORD USED TO THROW A SMALL DART OR SPEAR. THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN IS THE SPEAR BUTT IS STUCK IN THE GROUND THE CORD ATTACHED FROM THE THROWING STICK TO IT THEN THE OPERATOR WHIPS IT FORWARD AND AROUND AND THE CORD IS RELEASED AT THE PROPER TIME TO PROPEL THE DART WITH CONSIDERABLE FORCE A LONG DISTANCE. PERHAPS THE HOEROA WAS USED AS THE SPEAR THROWER RATHER THAN THE PROJECTILE.? THERE ARE SOME WEB SITES GIVING BETTER INFORMATION BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LINK THEM. SOME PICTURES OF SPEARS AND SPEAR THROWERS #1. PICTURE SHOWING 1. KOTAHA KURUTAI 2.KOTAHA 3. HOEROA AKA PARAOA #2. & #3. PICTURES SHOWING HOW SPEAR IS PLACED AND THROWING TECKNIQUE #4. DRAWING OF TWO EXAMPLES OF KOTAHA I ASSUME THE CARVING IS AT THE END THAT IS GRIPPED. #5 THRU #12 VARIOUS EXAMPLES OF KOTAHA THE SPEARS ARE USUALLY LIGHT WEIGHT WITH NOTCHED TIPS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BREAK OFF IN THE BODY AND USUALLY ASSURED A SLOW DEATH. PERHAPS THESE WERE USED WHEN DEFENDING THE VILLAGE AS THE MAORI DID NOT USE BOWS OR BLOWGUNS. Attached Images

27th June 2016, 06:29 AM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	MAORI SPEARS COME IN SEVERAL TYPES SOME FOR HUNTING SMALL BIRDS FOR FOOD AND MORE ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR FEATHERS. A BLIND WAS BUILT IN A TREE WHERE A FRUIT THE BIRDS EAT GROWS, WHEN BIRDS CAME TO EAT A LONG BARBED SPEAR WAS USED TO KILL THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE WERE EVER USED IN WARFARE BUT NO DOUBT COULD SERVE IF NEEDED. PICTURE #1. A 26.8 CM. 19TH CENTURY WHALEBONE BIRD POINT. #2. IRON TRADE BIRD SPEAR POINT 18TH TO 19 TH. CENTURY 14.5 CM. #3. BONE BIRD SPEAR POINTS #4. DRAWING OF A MAORI BIRD SPEARING PLATFORM THERE WERE TWO TYPES OF WAR SPEARS A SHORTER ONE FOR THROWING OR FENCING AND A LONGER ONE OFTEN USED FROM THE WALLS OF THE PA, FORT. #5. & #6. MAORI SPEAR FOR HUNTING MOA 219 CM. LONG, 10 NOBBED HANDLE #7. DRAWING HUNTING MOA #8. MAORI SPEAR CALLED TAO #9. MAORI SPEAR #10. MAORI SPEAR TAO FIGHTING POSITION Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 27th June 2016 at 06:47 AM.

27th June 2016, 08:26 AM	#6
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,809	Hi Barry, A couple of other pics which you will be familiar with... Stu Attached Images

27th June 2016, 11:17 PM	#7
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THAT JUST ABOUT COVERS MAORI ITEMS THAT ARE PRIMARILY WEAPONS. I WILL INCLUDE A FEW TOOLS AND CEREMONIAL ITEMS THAT WOULD SERVE AS WEAPONS WHEN NEEDED. #1 THRU #6 . KO, A MAORI SPADE OR DIGGING STICK, WOULD MAKE A GOOD WEAPON IF SURPRISED IN THE FIELD. THERE ARE SOME OTHER AGRICULTURAL TOOLS IN ONE PICTURE. #7. MAORI MAULS NOT VERY EFFICIENT BUT IF YOU CONNECTED THEY WOULD MAKE A BIG IMPRESSION. #8. MAORI 48 X 7 CM. DANCE PADDLE #9. MAORI DANCE PADDLE 50 INCHES LONG #10. MAORI FLAX BEATER #11. & #12. MAORI CEREMONIAL CHIEFS PADDLES CALLED HOE Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 27th June 2016 at 11:40 PM.