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.
This is how the spinning 'Īkoi is defended against using a kookoo.
Ikoi- used to cast out and wrap the adversary binding the legs, arms and neck. The wahine warriors were very skillful in its use . The length of the brained olona cordage was from 25 feet and longer.
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 Wood-
wood spike concealed in the hand
Pohaku newa. Head of club is of dense stone shaped to fit a wooden handle and lashed with aha fiber. Used in close combat to strike bone and joints.
Pohaku Newa used as a hand club.
Bill of a fish used as a dagger, known as A'u ku. Very hard bone
Leimano made of uhiuhi. Niho pegged in wood.
Leimano made of old Mamane wood.
Laau of Ohia Lehua
Lei Puu- wrapped around the lima.
Ku'ia- about 6 feet long with bladed ends. Made of hard wood. These are of Ohia Lehua.
Variety of mea used in pre contact Hawaii
