The Kaumaile is famous among Nanumeans, but not everyone has seen it. Here are some photos and images of the spear, the fighting weapon of Tefolaha and Lapi.
![Kaumaile detail from shirt](Photos page/Kaumaile photos and images/Kaumaile feathered in xara and 395x117px.jpg)
Kaumaile image from Talavou Semeiana Youth tee shirt, Funafuti, mid 2000s
Kaumaile Hoodie from Auckland, designed by Junior Pelia and Sauofo Amosa, September, 2014 (check out Kaumaile Street Wear on FB)
![Tefolaha Laobur Power](Photos page/Tefolaha labour power shirt with spear - 435x326 px - P1010667.JPG)
Labour Power shirt featuring Tefolaha and Kaumaile, Funafuti, 2000s
![Kaumaile held by Mengaa - 1974](Photos page/Kaumaile photos and images/Kaumaile held by Mengaa, roll 37 Sept 1974(edited & cropped & sized 425x249 with xara).JPG)
Mengaa Telangai holding the Kaumaile, 1974
Kaumaile blade edge detail, 1974
![Kaumaile on Nan Is Dev Soc 1974](Photos page/Kaumaile photos and images/Kaumaile on letterhead (sized 461x157px), Nan Is Dev Soc.jpg) Letterhead paper of Nanumea Island Development Society, 1974
![Kaumaile on boy's shirt](Photos page/Julie's photo - cropped and edited to 253x285px - boy in tee shirt at Pasifika 08 009.jpg)
Siketi Tevao with Kaumaile image on his shirt
Auckland, March 8, 2008 (photo: Julie Park)
How many uses of the word "Kaumaile" do you know about? Here are some. Help us expand this list by sending in your information:
Kaumaile Primary School, Nanumea
Kaumaile Youth, Auckland
Kaumaile Sports Team, Auckland
Do you know stories about Tefolaha, Lapi, and the Kaumaile?
Would you like to share them? We can put them on this website for all Nanumeans to appreciate. Tuhituhi mai faka taatou, pau katoa! Meli Mai! Email and let us know! |