Apa'apai
| Apa'apai | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Club |
| Designations: | Apa'apai |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Tonga, ethnic groups of the Tonga Islands |
| Distribution: | Tonga |
| Overall length: | about 107 cm |
| Handle: | Wood |
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The Apa'apai is a weapon used by the inhabitants of the Tonga Islands in Polynesia .
description
The apa'apai is made of wood. It is straight and round on the handle . The booklet becomes wider towards the head. The impact head is flat and rhombic in cross section. The edges of the head are carved sharply. The entire surface of the striking head is decorated with fine, thin traditional carvings. The place is blunt.
literature
- Keith St. Cartmail: The art of Tonga. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1997, ISBN 0-8248-1972-1 .
- Douglas Newton: Visual arts in the Pacific. In: African, Pacific, and pre-Columbian art in the Indiana University Art Museum. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana 1986, ISBN 0-253-30442-3 , pp. 87.
Web links
Commons : Keulen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Picture and short description at Cinoa
- Picture in the Museum of New Zealand
- Pictures and information in Tongan Tatto by various Apa'apai
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ironwood apa'apai (inventory no. 1884.98.50), picture and description in the Pitt Rivers Museum , English, accessed on September 8, 2012.