MAORI LONG WEAPONS

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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.