Titoko

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Titoko. Staff. Carved from a single piece of kau (wood). The upper end of titoko is rounded, and with the butt-end pointed. The upper area of the titoko is decorated with tavatava (shallow incisions) consisting of long vertical zigzag patterns. Red and light coloured markings are visible across the staff. "14836 FIJI E.P. 0151" is handwritten in white ink across the upper side of the titoko. Dark red-brown in colour.

Last Update: 21 Sept 2018
Other Name

Staff (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Date

1924

Other Id

14836 (ethnology)

O151 (Edge-Partington)

Department

Pacific

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