MAORI LONG WEAPONS

VANDOO · 20th June 2016, 04:27 PM

THE SECOND MOST COMMON MAORI LONG WEAPON IS THE TEWHA TEWHA THEY ARE MADE OF WOOD AND RARELY OUT OF WHALE BONE AND HAVE A LARGE AX LIKE BLADE AT ONE END AND A SHARP ROUNDED POINT FOR THRUSTING AT THE OTHER END. A TUFT OF FEATHERS IS OFTEN TIED THRU A SMALL HOLE UNDER THE AX HEAD, IT IS SAID TO CONFUSE OR IRRITATE THE ENEMY. SOME EXAMPLES ARE PLAIN AND SOME HAVE A SMALL DESIGN CARVED NEAR THE SHARP TIP, SOME ARE ENTIRELY OR PARTIALLY CARVED WITH MAORI DESIGNS.
#1. THE HEAVY AX LIKE AX STRIKING END.
#2. THE SHARP THRUSTING TIP.
#3. 3 EXAMPLES OF TEWHA TEWHA
#4.& #5.TWO TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF THE CARVED DESIGNS OFTEN FOUND
TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE SHAFT TOWARD THE SHARP TIP.
#6. DRAWING FROM COOKS VOYAGE 1778
#7. OLD CHIEF WITH TEWHA TEWHA
#8. MAORI CHIEF, ROTACU ANAHA 1901
# 9. THRU #12. VARIOUS OLD PICTURES OF WARRIORS WITH TEWHA TEWHA

20th June 2016, 04:27 PM	#10
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE SECOND MOST COMMON MAORI LONG WEAPON IS THE TEWHA TEWHA THEY ARE MADE OF WOOD AND RARELY OUT OF WHALE BONE AND HAVE A LARGE AX LIKE BLADE AT ONE END AND A SHARP ROUNDED POINT FOR THRUSTING AT THE OTHER END. A TUFT OF FEATHERS IS OFTEN TIED THRU A SMALL HOLE UNDER THE AX HEAD, IT IS SAID TO CONFUSE OR IRRITATE THE ENEMY. SOME EXAMPLES ARE PLAIN AND SOME HAVE A SMALL DESIGN CARVED NEAR THE SHARP TIP, SOME ARE ENTIRELY OR PARTIALLY CARVED WITH MAORI DESIGNS. #1. THE HEAVY AX LIKE AX STRIKING END. #2. THE SHARP THRUSTING TIP. #3. 3 EXAMPLES OF TEWHA TEWHA #4.& #5.TWO TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF THE CARVED DESIGNS OFTEN FOUND TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE SHAFT TOWARD THE SHARP TIP. #6. DRAWING FROM COOKS VOYAGE 1778 #7. OLD CHIEF WITH TEWHA TEWHA #8. MAORI CHIEF, ROTACU ANAHA 1901 # 9. THRU #12. VARIOUS OLD PICTURES OF WARRIORS WITH TEWHA TEWHA Attached Images