Engineering:Hoeroa
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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] The tool was four to five feet in length and was used as a striking weapon, stabbing spear, and missile weapon.
References
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor. "Hoeroa." Pg. 294.
- ↑ The peopling of the North The journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 6 By Polynesian Society (N.Z.), Polynesian Society (N.Z.).
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