Na Mea Kaua / Implements of Lua

Ka'ane
O se maea titina e faaaoga i taua. O le alava fa'anatura, ua fa'apipi'i fa'afa'afa'afa'amea o lo'o fa'apipi'i i le au o le Kauila.

Ma'a

maata e fai i Wauke pa'u po'o pepa laau mulberry.

Fa'aaoga e togi ai se ma'a malo.

Tu'u o le maa maata

Pohaku Newa Stone kalapu

fa'aaoga i le lima e tau ai lima.

Leimano

Aupega lima nifo malie e fai i laupapa Mamane ua sasaina i maea faanatura

mama atigi laumei sasa i le nifo malie

O se tama'i auupega o lo'o natia i le tamatama'ilima o se lima fitafita na fa'aaoga i le close combat.

TOE I LUGA

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.