Na Mea Kaua / Implements of Lua

Ka'ane
He taura werowero i whakamahia mo te whawhai. Ko te muka maori, he taura whiri tapawha kua piri ki te kakau rakau Kauila.

Ma'a

kotaha i hanga mai i Te kiri o te wauke, te tipu maperi pepa ranei.

I whakamahia ki te maka i te kohatu pakeke.

Makanga o te kotaha kohatu

Pohaku Newa Stone karapu

whakamahia i roto i te ringa ki te whawhai ringa.

Leimano

Ko te patu a te ringa mango i hanga mai i te rakau Mamane i werohia ki te aho maori

Ringa anga honu whiu ki te niho mango

He patu iti i huna ki te maihao o te ringa toa i whakamahia ki te kati whawhai.

HOKI KI RUNGA

Ikoi- weapon used to cast out and wrap the advisary, binding the legs, arms and neck. The wahine warriors were very skillful in its use . The brained olona cordage was from 25 feet in length to 40 feet.

This mea kaua is fiited around the hand and used to slash tissue. Shark teeth from the mano are pegged into the wooden handle with native hard woods such as kauila, koaia, uhiuhi.

Uhiuhi Wod-

Hana ʻia kēia mea kaua me ka laau Uhuuhi a hoʻohana ʻia i ka lima ma ke ʻano he mea huna.

A stone headed hand club called pohaku newa. Head of club is of dense stone shaped to fit a wooden handle and lashed wit coconut fiber. Used in close combat to strike bone and joints.

Pohaku Newa used as a hand club.