Culacula
A Culacula is a paddle war club from Fiji.
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 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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Categories:
- Fiji
- Throwing clubs
- Clubs (weapon)
- Primitive weapons
- Ritual weapons
- Fijian culture
- Weapon stubs