i Wau Culacula

human history

i Wau Culacula. Club. Carved from a single piece of kau (wood), with a long, broad, flat, paddle-shaped ulu ni wau (head of the club), with the liga ni wau (handle of the club) round in cross-section. There is a teki ni wau (rounded butt-end) at the end of the liga ni wau. There are serrated edges from the centre to the base of the ulu ni wau, with a prominent bar across the base that extends out at the sides, forming 'wings'. Brown in colour.

Nama tāpiringa: 1924.158 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Club (English)

Wāhi
Fiji
Accession Number

1924.158

Rā Tāpiringa

1924

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

9453 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
12 Mātātuhi
club, 1924.158, 9453, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 02 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
club, 1924.158, 9453, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 02 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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