A culacula is a paddle war
club from
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
.
Uses in Fiji
Usually cut from a hardwood type of
iron wood
Ironwood is a common name for many woods that have a reputation for hardness, or specifically a wood density that is denser than water (approximately 1000 kg/m3, or 62 pounds per cubic foot), although usage of the name ironwood in English may ...
, it has a broad blade and was used by chiefs or priests to deflect arrows during war.
[Susan Cochrane, ]Max Quanchi
Max Quanchi (born 20 June 1945) is an Australian academic whose research specialisations have been the South Pacific nations and the role of photography in recording and transmitting its cultures and histories.
Biography
Quanchi was born in Vi ...
, ''Hunting the Collectors : Pacific Collections in Australian Museums'', 2014, p. 4
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See also
* Bulibuli
A bulibuli or vunikau bulibuli is a Fijian war club.
Uses
The ''bulibuli'' has a straight and fair long handle (difference with a '' Ula Bulibuli'') and a rounded percussion head. At its end the striking head is rounded and provided with roun ...
* Gata
* Sali
* Totokia
* Ula
Bibliography
* Fergus Clunie, ''Fijian Weapons & Warfare'', 2003.
* Jean-Edouard Carlier, ''Archipels Fidji - Tonga - Samoa: La Polynésie Occidentale'', Voyageurs & curieux, 2005.
* Rod Ewins, ''Fijian Artefacts: The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection'', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania. The museum was established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania, the oldest Royal Society outside England.
The TMAG receives 400,000 visitors annually.
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, 1982.
References
Throwing clubs
Clubs (weapon)
Ritual weapons
Culture of Fiji
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