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 deflect arrows during war.12
Bibliography
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.
References
References
- Adrienne Lois Kaeppler, From the Stone Age to the Space Age in 200 Years, Tongan National Museum, 1999, p. 28-67
- Susan Cochrane, Max Quanchi, Hunting the Collectors : Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, 2014, p. 48 [1]