Wahaika are short club-like weapons usually made of wood or whalebone and are used for thrusting and striking in close-quarter, hand-to-hand fighting. [1] Whalebone wahaika are called wahaika parāoa. [2] Wahaika translates to "mouth of the fish", [3] [4] in reference to the

The wahaika was a pre-European weapon that was traditionally used in hand to hand contact. Wahaika, which means “Mouth of the Fish,” was mostly made from wood or whalebone. The wooden wahaika is often carved with intricate designs.

A wahaika is a type of hand club that was in common use before the introduction of European technology to New Zealand. Most wahaika were made either from whale bone or wood. The whole blade edge might be used to parry blows or strike an opponent during combat.

Wahaika. These wood hand clubs (Wahaika) as well as whalebone Wahaika, all have sinuses about halfway down the blade. These sinuses functioned as feather attachments as in the Kotiate. The recumbent Figure, situated forward of the handle, is useful in separating 18th-century examples from19th-century styles.

Wahaika. This is shaped like a normal patu except that it has a small human-like figure just above the handle and the oval shape at the top of the patu is interrupted. The name means mouth (waha) of the fish (ika), which may refer to the hook-like shape of the patu.

This is a relatively large and heavy whale-bone wahaika (short-bladed weapon used in hand to hand combat). It is off-white/yellow in colour and has a carved figure on the lower blade edge. The figure's hands rest on its stomach and it has paua (New Zealand abalone) shell inlay in the eyes.

Wahaika is a type of traditional hand weapon of the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. A wahaika is a short club normally made of wood or whalebone. Its name can be translated to mean "the mouth of the fish". The club has a notch on one side which is used to catch an opponent's weapon...

The wahaika a kind of short club of Maori origin (New Zealand). It is made of wood or whale bone, and was often decorated with carvings on natural subjects such as animals. Wahaika means "the mouth of the fish".

Four young pākehā children on bicycles are lined up on a flat paved street (frame 6); a man (frame 7) is holding a wahaika (short weapon, also used in ceremonial welcomes); in frame 8, several men and women are standing praying, one man wearing traditional clothing with tipare (woven headband), and a taniko tapeka (woven sash); groups of ...

2022年9月22日 · The Maori Wahaika (pronounced wa-ha-eeka) is a pre-European club used in close combat. The word translates to "mouth of the fish", which relates to the notch on one side of the club. Wahaika were made from either whalebone or wood. They usually had a concave back, with the notch in the middle, the butt carved in th