Ulutoa

human history

Ulutoa. Dart head component from a throwing game. Carved from hardwood into a cylindrical bullet shaped form, highly polished. Round in section. Hollowed inside at the butt with a smaller wooden stick component protruding outwards. Small hole drilled through which fibre sennit cord threaded through. Dark brown in colour, smooth surface. Fine cracks along the length of the object.

Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Dart head

head missile

Wāhi
Fiji
Rā Tāpiringa

1924

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

14882 (ethnology)

O228 (Edge-Partington)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
6 Mātātuhi
Dart head, 14882, O228, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
Dart head, 14882, O228, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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