The Trial of the French Mission

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Originally Posted by Archaea

There are lots of cool Maori instruments, but what's the name of the two balls on a string.


http://www.carving.co.nz/puoro.html

poi.

Poi means ball, so poi ball is redundant.

There are short and long poi, and neither is a melodic instrument although the short are frequently and maybe even typically used as a rhythm instrument.

Btw, IMO the wikipedia article on poi is very misleading.