Spear (moto sokilaki)
Fij, mid-19th century
Wood and coir Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
University of Cambridge: Z 3949
Collected by Baron Anatole von Hügel
at Suva, Viti Levu, 1875–77
EX.8785.107 Photo (c) Museum Associates/ LACMA
This sokilaki spear has very fine coir binding and extraordinarily precise barb carving in twenty-nine tiers, unnecessary in terms of technical efficiency, but significant in terms of status and divine favor.