32224
Accession Number
21079
Title Of Article Chaper
A Maori mortal combat weapon
Title Of Journal Book
Man, New series
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
141-145
Collation
refs.
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A description of short flat clubs made from basalt or nephrite includes information on finishing the surface and drilling holes and the difference in these techniques before and after Western invasion. A description of the use of the weapon and of the skull of a man severely wounded with one of these weapons is given. -- AATA
pub_id
32224