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VANDOO · 23rd May 2016, 09:32 PM

I HAD A GREAT TRIP AND ENJOYED MEETING STU AND LOOKING AROUND CHRISTCHURCH WITH HIM. ITS GREAT TO MEET A KINDRED SPIRIT AND SEE THEIR COLLECTION AND WANDER AROUND THEIR HOME TERRITORY WITH THEM. THANKS TO STU AND BEV FOR BEING SUCH GOOD HOSTS I HAD FUN. I EVEN FOUND A FEW ITEMS TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION THANKS TO STU.

THERE ARE TWO WHALEBONE WEAPONS IN THE DISPLAY THE SHORT TAIHITA AND THE LONGER MORE OBVIOUS BONE WEAPON. THIS DISPLAY HAS ALL THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF MAORI LONG WEAPONS AT THE TOP PORTION AND THE SHORT FORMS AT THE BOTTOM. THE MUSEUM IN CHRISTCHURCH IS QUITE GOOD AND THE DISPLAYS WELL PLANNED AND LAID OUT WITH GOOD INFORMATION. THE PICTURES WITH THE BLACK BACKGROUNDS ARE TOOLS OF THE MORIORI TRIBE WHO LIVED ON AN ISLAND AND WERE NOT WARLIKE LIKE THE OTHER TRIBES. THEY SUFFERED GREATLY THRU OUT THEIR HISTORY BUT SOME HAVE SURVIVED. MOST OF THE ITEMS ARE MADE OF WHALEBONE. IT WAS INTERESTING AS I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THEM.
PICTURE #1 & #2 CLOSEUPS OF LONG WEAPONS AT THE BOTTOM ROW IN THE CASE, PICTURE #3. VARIOUS OCEANIC SPEARS WITH A FOSSIL IRISH ELK SKELETON. #4. CLOSE UP OF SOME SHORT CLUBS SOME WHALEBONE. #5. MAORI SHORT FIGHTING AXES

23rd May 2016, 09:32 PM	#6
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I HAD A GREAT TRIP AND ENJOYED MEETING STU AND LOOKING AROUND CHRISTCHURCH WITH HIM. ITS GREAT TO MEET A KINDRED SPIRIT AND SEE THEIR COLLECTION AND WANDER AROUND THEIR HOME TERRITORY WITH THEM. THANKS TO STU AND BEV FOR BEING SUCH GOOD HOSTS I HAD FUN. I EVEN FOUND A FEW ITEMS TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION THANKS TO STU. THERE ARE TWO WHALEBONE WEAPONS IN THE DISPLAY THE SHORT TAIHITA AND THE LONGER MORE OBVIOUS BONE WEAPON. THIS DISPLAY HAS ALL THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF MAORI LONG WEAPONS AT THE TOP PORTION AND THE SHORT FORMS AT THE BOTTOM. THE MUSEUM IN CHRISTCHURCH IS QUITE GOOD AND THE DISPLAYS WELL PLANNED AND LAID OUT WITH GOOD INFORMATION. THE PICTURES WITH THE BLACK BACKGROUNDS ARE TOOLS OF THE MORIORI TRIBE WHO LIVED ON AN ISLAND AND WERE NOT WARLIKE LIKE THE OTHER TRIBES. THEY SUFFERED GREATLY THRU OUT THEIR HISTORY BUT SOME HAVE SURVIVED. MOST OF THE ITEMS ARE MADE OF WHALEBONE. IT WAS INTERESTING AS I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THEM. PICTURE #1 & #2 CLOSEUPS OF LONG WEAPONS AT THE BOTTOM ROW IN THE CASE, PICTURE #3. VARIOUS OCEANIC SPEARS WITH A FOSSIL IRISH ELK SKELETON. #4. CLOSE UP OF SOME SHORT CLUBS SOME WHALEBONE. #5. MAORI SHORT FIGHTING AXES Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 23rd May 2016 at 10:16 PM.