Ula (weapon)

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The ula or i ula tavatava [1] is a throwing war club from Fiji.

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Uses in Fiji

Usually cut from a hardwood type of iron wood, it has a round end made up of the root knot [2] and is sometimes called "pineapple club" for his particular shape. [3] It can be launched or used as a club. [4] Some types of Ula have a smooth head.

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  1. ↑ Anthony J. P. Meyer, Armes et armements de l'Océanie: une exposition, 1989, Galerie Meyer, p.30
  2. ↑ Fergus Clunie, Fijian Weapons & Warfare, 2003, p. 136-7 and 142
  3. ↑ Susan Cochrane, Max Quanchi, Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art … Oxford Scholars Publishing, page 61-62
  4. ↑ Henry Nottidge Moseley, Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger": Being an Account of Various observations, Macmillan and Co, London, 1879, p.338


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