Samoa, a Hundred Years Ago and Long Before: Together with Notes on the Cults and Customs of Twenty-three Other Islands in the Pacific |
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... spear ten feet long was the idol representative of this war god . When the people met for worship the spear was stood up , and offerings were laid before it . It was taken in the war fleet also as a sign that Tu was with them . In time ...
... spear ten feet long was the idol representative of this war god . When the people met for worship the spear was stood up , and offerings were laid before it . It was taken in the war fleet also as a sign that Tu was with them . In time ...
Page 127
... spears at him . He had no shield , but merely a club ; and with this he showed surpris- ing dexterity in hitting off spear after spear as it approached him . Fishing matches were in vogue at particular sea- sons . The party who took the ...
... spears at him . He had no shield , but merely a club ; and with this he showed surpris- ing dexterity in hitting off spear after spear as it approached him . Fishing matches were in vogue at particular sea- sons . The party who took the ...
Page 311
... on either arm , close above the elbow , and from them they suspend their spear - thrower and sling . Their weapons are clubs , bows and arrows , and spears . They sling a stone , throw a spear CHAP . XXIII . ] ETHNOLOGICAL NOTES , ETC. 311.
... on either arm , close above the elbow , and from them they suspend their spear - thrower and sling . Their weapons are clubs , bows and arrows , and spears . They sling a stone , throw a spear CHAP . XXIII . ] ETHNOLOGICAL NOTES , ETC. 311.
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