Culacula

A culacula is a paddle war club from Fiji.

Culacula in the Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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]

See also

• Bulibuli
• Gata
• Sali
• Totokia
• Ula

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.