Totokia (club)

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Title

Totokia (club)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is a totokia, a type of weapon made in Fiji during the 1800s, and often associated with chiefs and warriors of reputation. Some totokia were named and had the histories of many battles associated with them. They are intimidating in appearance but also beautifully made. Usage Fiji material culture scholar Fergus Clunie describes the totokia as a beaked battlehammer. They are very top heavy. The weight of the head of the club was concentrated in the point of the beak of the weapon or kedi...

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Image

Date created

Gifted: 1992

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/189954

Related subjects

wood / clubs / woodcarving / Fiji / Oceanic / Fijian / William Ockleford Oldman

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