Culacula Explained

A Culacula is a paddle war club from Fiji.

Uses in Fiji

Usually cut from a hardwood type of iron wood, it has a broad blade and was used by chiefs or priests to deflect arrows during war.^{[1] [2]}

Bibliography

• Fergus Clunie, Fijian Weapons & Warfare, 2003.
• Jean-Edouard Carlier, Archipels Fidji - Tonga - Samoa: La Polynésie Occidentale, Voyageurs & curieux, 2005.
• Rod Ewins, Fijian Artefacts: The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1982.

See also

• Totokia
  • Gata Sali
• Ula
• Bulibuli

Notes and References

1. Adrienne Lois Kaeppler, From the Stone Age to the Space Age in 200 Years, Tongan National Museum, 1999, p. 28-67
2. Susan Cochrane, Max Quanchi, Hunting the Collectors : Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, 2014, p. 48 https://books.google.com/books?id=lOqmBgAAQBAJ&dq=Culacula+fidji&pg=PA48