Culacula

A Culacula is a paddle war club from Fiji.

Culacula in the Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Uses in Fiji

Usually cut from a hardwood type of iron wood, it has a broad blade and was used by chiefs or priests to deflects arrows during war.[1][2]

Bibliography
  • Fergus Clunie, Fijian Weapons & Warfare, 2003.
  • Jean-Edouard Carlier, Archipels Fidji - Tonga - Samoa: La PolynĂ©sie Occidentale, Voyageurs & curieux, 2005.
  • Rod Ewins, Fijian Artefacts: The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1982.
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References
  1. Adrienne Lois Kaeppler, From the Stone Age to the Space Age in 200 Years, Tongan National Museum, 1999, p. 28-67
  2. Susan Cochrane, Max Quanchi, Hunting the Collectors : Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, 2014, p. 48

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