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Fighting with a double-pointed spear

Fighting with a double-pointed spear

Māori carved the wood of tānekaha into fighting spears, especially the koikoi (double-pointed spear). The wood is strong, durable, and very elastic.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-110-010-2
Lithograph by Augustus Koch

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Maggy Wassilieff. 'Conifers', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/conifers/7/2