Hoeroa
| Hoeroa | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Club |
| Designations: | Hoeroa, Tata Paraoa |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
New Zealand , Maori warriors |
| Distribution: | New Zealand |
| Overall length: | about 117 cm |
| Handle: | bone |
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The Hoeroa , also Tata Paraoa , is a throwing weapon and club from New Zealand.
description
The Hoeroa is made from the lower jaw bone of the sperm whale . It is bent into an S-shape and thin. The thickness of the club changes over the entire length. One end is rounded, the other is fishtail-shaped. The fishtail-shaped end serves as the handle end. The edges are flattened and sharpened. The entire surface is smooth. The end of the handle is often decorated with traditional decorations. The Hoeroa is used by the Maori as a throwing club and as a close combat weapon.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 294, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5
literature
- William Ockelford Oldman, The Oldman collection of Maori artifacts , Volume 14 of Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Polynesian Society, 2004, pp. 17, 22, 46, ISBN 978-0-908940-05-9
- Jeff Evans, Māori weapons in pre-European New Zealand , Reed Books, 2002, pages 4, 8, 61, ISBN 978-0-7900-0826-4
- Museum für Völkerkunde (Austria), Association "Friends of Völkerkunde" (Austria), Archives for Völkerkunde, Volume 13-15 , Verlag W. Braumüller., 1958, page 61
- Peter Henry Buck, The coming of the Maori , Maori Purposes Fund Board, 1966, pp. 12, 272, 273
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