Ula (weapon)

The '''ula''' or '''i ula tavatava'''<ref>Anthony J. P. Meyer, ''Armes et armements de l'Océanie: une exposition'', 1989, Galerie Meyer, p.30</ref> is a throwing war club from Fiji.

==Uses in Fiji== Usually cut from a hardwood type of iron wood, it has a round end made up of the root knot<ref>Fergus Clunie, Fijian Weapons & Warfare, 2003, p. 136-7 and 142</ref> and is sometimes called "pineapple club" for his particular shape.<ref>Susan Cochrane, Max Quanchi, ''Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art …'' Oxford Scholars Publishing, page 61-62</ref> It can be launched or used as a club.<ref>Henry Nottidge Moseley, ''Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger": Being an Account of Various observations'', Macmillan and Co, London, 1879, p.338</ref> Some types of Ula have a smooth head.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Fijian War Club in Museum of Methodism.jpg|Ula with pineapple ball. File:Ula Fidji.png|Ula with round ball. File:Clubs, Fiji Islands, wood - Pacific collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05762.JPG|Ula collection. </gallery>

==See also== * Bulibuli * Culacula * Gata * Sali * Totokia

==Bibliography== * John Charles Edler, Terence Barrow, ''Art of Polynesia'', Hemmeter Publishing Corporation, 1990. * 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