i Cula ni Bokola

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i Cula ni Bokola. Carved from solid kau (wood) into a form consisting of four prongs and a handle. The handle is bulbous and round in section. The butt of the handle is capped and a finely woven cord of magimagi (sennit), braided in tali tolu (three-ply) technique is wrapped and knotted around directly underneath this cap. This cula ni bokola is red-brown in colour with a glossy polished finish.

Accession number: 1950.128 Last Update: 9 Jul 2019
Other Name

Flesh fork (Fijian)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1950.128

Accession Date

04 Jul 1950

Other Id

31466 (ethnology)

592b (Oldman Collection)

Department

Pacific

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