- Source: Culacula
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.
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.
References
See also
Totokia
Gata
Sali
Ula
Bulibuli