Moto,

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Moto. Barbed spear. This Moto is carved from kau (wood) into a long cylindrical shaft and sharpened to a multi-barbed point at the attacking end. The shaft is tapered with the widest point at cenre of the shaft. Finely braided magimagi (coconut sennit) is lashed tightly around its base. The Moto is dark brown in colour.

Accession number: 1986.201 Last Update: 27 Nov 2024
Other Name

Spear (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1986.201

Accession Date

19 Aug 1986

Other Id

52125 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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