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VANDOO · 27th June 2016, 07:29 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

27th June 2016, 07:29 AM	#18
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 07:47 AM.