i Cula ni Bokola

human history

i Cula ni Bokola. Carved from solid kau (wood) into a form consisting of four prongs and a decorated long handle. Multiple rows of zigzags are carved around the width of the handle. There is also a row of zigzags around the base of the prongs. There is a bulbous protrusion at the top end of the handle. One of the prongs is broken.

Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Human flesh fork (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Date

1893

Other Id

12257 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

Enquire API view
5 Images
fork, flesh, 12257, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 08 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
View gallery ( 5)