U'u

The U'u is a war club of the Marquesas Islands.

File:War club ('u'u), Marquesas Islands, late 1700s, carved and stained ironwood (toa), sennit, human hair - Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA - DSC05085.jpg

Cut from iron wood,{{cite book |author1=Eric Kjellgren |author2=Carol S. Ivory |title=Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands |date=2005 |page=85 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-1-58839-146-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6o16TFwcV0C&dq=u%27u+war+club&pg=PA85 |via=Google Books}} its shape and large size distinguish it from other Pacific gunstocks. It was reserved for a caste of warriors who were assisting allied tribes.{{cite book |author=Anthony JP Meyer |title=Art océanien |publisher=Könemann |date=1995 |page=506}} The club should at least reach its possessor's armpits. The striking head, although apparently identical, was richly carved, and it is an artistic work with drawings representing lizards, human figures, or tattoo patterns.{{cite encyclopedia |author=Hope B. Werness |encyclopedia=Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art: Worldview, Symbolism, and Culture |page=314 |title=U'U |date=January 2003 |isbn=0826411568 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y5nr5fGiHIC&dq=u%27u+war+club&pg=RA4-PA14 |via=Google Books}} U'us were left in a taro field, where they turned black, and then were coated with coconut oil.