i Wau Vunikau

human history

i Wau Vunikau. Rootstock club. The knobbled head of this club is shaped from natural rootstock and is carved to taper into a smooth cylindrical shaft with thick braided magimagi (coconut sennit) cord wrapped around the grip. A metal nail is hammered into the centre of the butt. The wood of the i wau vunikau is reddish brown in colour with some patina and fine cracks in the surface.

Whakahounga o Mua: 13 May 2025
Wāhi
Fiji
Rā Tāpiringa

1924

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

14880 (ethnology)

O222 (Edge-Partington)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
9 Mātātuhi
club, 14880, O222, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 21 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
club, 14880, O222, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 21 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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