Culacula
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A culacula is a paddle war club from Fiji.
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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 deflect arrows during war.Adrienne Lois Kaeppler, From the Stone Age to the Space Age in 200 Years, Tongan National Museum, 1999, p. 28-67Susan Cochrane, Max Quanchi, Hunting the Collectors : Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, 2014, p. 48 [https://books.google.com/books?id=lOqmBgAAQBAJ&dq=Culacula+fidji&pg=PA48]
See also
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, 1982.
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