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Niuē-fekai (or Savage) Island and its People

PLATE No. 6.—ARMS, ETC

PLATE No. 6.—ARMS, ETC.

PLATE No. 6.—ARMS, ETC.

On the top line is a paddle (fohe) (P. 64, No. 3;) below is a tika, or dart used in the game ta-tika; below that, an arrow (fanā) with barbed points, used in shooting birds; below is the ordinary tao (p. 64, No. 5 and 6) or barbed spear; below that is a tao-mata-ua (P. 64, No. 7) or double pronged barbed spear; below that a katoua, or cleaving club; and at the bottom a short katoua or ulu-puku.

The scale is shown in inches. Figures in brackets refer to J. Edge Partington's “Album”