i Cula ni Bokola

human history

i Cula ni Bokola. Carved from solid kau (wood) into a form consisting of four prongs and a bulbous handle. There is a ridge in-between the prongs and the handle, that is circular in shape, with notches decorating the rim of the ridge. At the top end of the handle is a bulbous protrusion. Brown in colour and a glossy polished surface treatment.

Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Flesh fork (English)

Accession Date

1924

Other Id

14821 (ethnology)

O117 (Edge-Partington)

Department

Pacific

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