{{short description|Fijian war club}} A '''culacula''' is a paddle war club from Fiji. [[File:Culacula, war club from Fiji - Clava - Fiji MN 01.jpg|thumb|right|130px|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.<ref>Adrienne Lois Kaeppler, ''From the Stone Age to the Space Age in 200 Years'', Tongan National Museum, 1999, p. 28-67</ref><ref>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]</ref>
==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.
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Category:Throwing clubs Category:Clubs (weapon) Category:Ritual weapons Category:Weapons of Fiji
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