leiomano
Sign in to savethumb|Leiomano made with tiger shark teeth Early 19th-century Hawai'ian leiomano|thumb thumb|Leiomano knuckle duster at the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art.]] The leiomano is a shark-toothed club used by various Polynesian cultures, primarily by the Native Hawaiians.
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thumb|Leiomano made with tiger shark teeth Early 19th-century Hawai'ian leiomano|thumb thumb|Leiomano knuckle duster at the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art.]] The leiomano is a shark-toothed club used by various Polynesian cultures, primarily by the Native Hawaiians.
The word "leiomano" is derived from the Hawaiian language and may originate from lei o manō, meaning "a shark's lei."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “leiomano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.