A qauata or qauaata is a parrying shield or war club of the San Cristobal Island in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

Uses

It was used to deflect the enemy’s arrows and spears. It has a leaf-shaped head without an ergot, which distinguishes it from the

roromaraugi A roromaraugi is a parrying shield from Makira, San Cristobal Island in the Solomon Islands. Uses It was used to deflect the enemy’s arrows and spears. It has a broad sickle-shaped head that is separated by a well-marked central ridge with a ...

. The head is separated in two by a central ridge and the handle is often finished by an anthropomorphic sculpture. It is more common than the roromaraugi and was used for war.''Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae'', 1977, p.146

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* Purissima Benitez, Jean-Paul Barbier, Alain-Michel Boyer, ''Boucliers d’Afrique, d’Asie du Sud-Est et d’Océanie'', Paris, Éditions Adam Biro, 1998. Clubs (weapon) Ritual weapons Shields Culture of the Solomon Islands {{Blunt-weapon-stub