i Cula ni Bokola

human history

i Cula ni Bokola. Flesh fork. The i Cula ni Bokola is carved from solid kau (wood) into a long slender form consisting of three long straight prongs, and a long cylindrical handle that is finished to a point at the butt. At the base of the prongs, the wood is carved into notches around its circumference, and this is repeated at two points on the handle end towards the butt. The wood is brown in colour and weathered in surface; it has been left unpolished.

Nama tāpiringa: 1946.178 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Human flesh fork (English)

Wāhi
Fiji
Accession Number

1946.178

Rā Tāpiringa

1946

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

28923 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
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fork, 1946.178, 28923, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 08 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
fork, 1946.178, 28923, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 08 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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