MAORI LONG WEAPONS

VANDOO · 18th June 2016, 03:41 AM

MORE EXAMPLES AND INFORMATION ON TAIAHA / TAHIATIA. THE EYES WERE IN ROUND AND SLANTED SHAPES AND SOME WERE INLAYED WITH ABALONE SHELL AND LATER RED SEALING WAS WAS IN FASHION.
#1. & #2. DETAILED DRAWINGS OF CARVED FACE FOUND AT GRIP END OF WEAPON.
#3. SIDE VIEW OF POINT
#4.ROUND EYE FORM, MISSING INLAY
#5. SLANT EYED FORM RED SEALING WAX INLAY 95.3 CM. SMALL SIZE PERHAPS FOR CHILD.
#6. THRU #9 1.46 METER LONG 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY CARVED BLADE
#10., 1.85 METER LATE 18TH TO EARLY 19TH. CENTURY
#11. DETAIL VARIATION OF CARVING.
#12. SIMPLE CARVED POINT END OF TAHIATIA

18th June 2016, 03:41 AM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	MORE EXAMPLES AND INFORMATION ON TAIAHA / TAHIATIA. THE EYES WERE IN ROUND AND SLANTED SHAPES AND SOME WERE INLAYED WITH ABALONE SHELL AND LATER RED SEALING WAS WAS IN FASHION. #1. & #2. DETAILED DRAWINGS OF CARVED FACE FOUND AT GRIP END OF WEAPON. #3. SIDE VIEW OF POINT #4.ROUND EYE FORM, MISSING INLAY #5. SLANT EYED FORM RED SEALING WAX INLAY 95.3 CM. SMALL SIZE PERHAPS FOR CHILD. #6. THRU #9 1.46 METER LONG 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY CARVED BLADE #10., 1.85 METER LATE 18TH TO EARLY 19TH. CENTURY #11. DETAIL VARIATION OF CARVING. #12. SIMPLE CARVED POINT END OF TAHIATIA Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 18th June 2016 at 10:49 PM.