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A pounamu mere, the blade…
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A pounamu mere, the blade tapers down to the grip and terminates with graduating ribbing. With a pierced hole at the grip. For early Maori, creating weapons and tools from pounamu was a lengthy process of separating fragments from large boulders by continuously rubbing an abrasive back and forth to create a groove that could snap. Mere are one-handed weapons featuring a flat elongated blade with a sharp striking edge, length 39.5 cm, width 8.3 cm, depth 1.5 cm
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori