Flesh fork (Fijian)

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.

31466 (ethnology)

592b (Oldman Collection)

Pacific