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Wahaika are short club-like weapons usually made of wood or whalebone and are used for thrusting and striking in close-quarter, hand-to-hand fighting. [1] Whalebone wahaika are called wahaika parāoa. [2] Wahaika translates to "mouth of the fish", [3] [4] in reference to the notch on one side which is used to catch an opponent's weapon.
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While the term mere was, and is, used in some regions to refer exclusively to clubs made from pounamu, [1] in other regions, mere was more broadly used to refer to patu of a similar shape and design made from hardwood (meremere, mere rakau), whalebone (patu paraoa), or stone (patu ōnewa) – in these areas, a mere made from greenstone was known as a mere pounamu or patu pounamu.
Two Māori men wielding taiaha. A taiaha (Māori pronunciation:) is a traditional weapon of the Māori of New Zealand; a close-quarters staff weapon made from either wood or whalebone, and used for short, sharp strikes or stabbing thrusts with efficient footwork on the part of the wielder.
A hoeroa is a type of traditional hand weapon of the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. [1] It is traditionally a whalebone long club (slightly curved baton / long spear). [2]
Tukukino, 1878 by Gottfried Lindauer, oil on canvas. A tewhatewha is a long-handled Māori club weapon shaped like an axe.Designed to be held in two hands, the weapon comes to a mata (point) at one end and a rapa (broad, quarter-round head) at the other.
Two kotiate made of whalebone Māori war-clubs. The kotiate is second from right. Kotiate is a type of traditional hand weapon of the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.
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