A qauata or qauaata is a parrying shield or war club of the San Cristobal Island in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

Uses

It was used to deflect the enemy’s arrows and spears. It has a leaf-shaped head without an ergot, which distinguishes it from the

roromaraugi A roromaraugi is a parrying shield from San Cristobal Island in the Solomon Islands. Uses It was used to deflect the enemy’s arrows and spears. It has a broad sickle shaped head that is separated by a well-marked central ridge with an ergot ...

. The head is separated in two by a central ridge and the handle is often finished by an anthropomorphic sculpture. It is more common than the roromaraugi and was used for war.''Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae'', 1977, p.146

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* Purissima Benitez, Jean-Paul Barbier, Alain-Michel Boyer, ''Boucliers d’Afrique, d’Asie du Sud-Est et d’Océanie'', Paris, Éditions Adam Biro, 1998. Clubs (weapon) Primitive weapons Ritual weapons Shields Solomon Islands culture {{Blunt-weapon-stub