i Wau Totokia

human history

i Wau Totokia. Battle-axe. Carved from a single piece of kau (wood). The ulu ni wau (head of the club) resembles a pineapple fruit or the fruit of a pandanus tree, and is covered with 5 rows of studs, with a protruding beak, approximately 80mm long. The tolo ni wau (body of the club) is round in cross-section, with sections of tavatava (shallow incisions), approximately 220mm long, across the liga ni wau (handle of the club). There is a prominent groove in-between the lower area of the liga ni wau and the butt-end. Dark brown in colour.

Whakahounga o Mua: 13 May 2025
Ingoa Kē

Battleaxe (English)

Wāhi
Fiji
Tohu Tuakiri Kē

14772 (ethnology)

O3 (Edge-Partington)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
12 Mātātuhi
club, 14772, O3, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 02 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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