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i Wau Kiakavo

human history
  • Other Name

    Club (English)

  • Description

    i Wau Kiakavo. Club. Carved from a single piece of kau (wood), with a circular cross-section, and with a teki ni wau (rounded butt end). The tolo ni wau (body of the club) is long with a curved neck, and with rua daliga (two ears) extending outwards. There is a tebe ni wau (lip) in-between the daliga. Dark yellow brown in colour.

  • Place
    Fiji
  • Accession Number
    1956.105.1
  • Accession Date
    19 Jul 1956
  • Other Id

    34680 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • i Wau Kiakavo, 1956.105.1, 34680, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • i Wau Kiakavo, 1956.105.1, 34680, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • i Wau Kiakavo, 1956.105.1, 34680, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • i Wau Kiakavo, 1956.105.1, 34680, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • i Wau Kiakavo, 1956.105.1, 34680, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • i Wau Kiakavo, 1956.105.1, 34680, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • i Wau Kiakavo, 1956.105.1, 34680, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • i Wau Kiakavo, 1956.105.1, 34680, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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