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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1943.56.x Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name fork Description Three-pronged flesh fork (i Cula ni Bokola) made of black or blackened wood. Handwritten stuck-on label mostly illegible apart from 'Viti Levu' and '1889'. Also used for non-human flesh. Used for feeding a Chief when he is in 'tapu', as human flesh could not touch lips. From Pelham Aldrich (see register for details). Production place Polynesia, Fiji, Viti Levu Production period 19th Century, middle, 19th Century, late Material wood Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1943.56.x
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

fork
Description

Three-pronged flesh fork (i Cula ni Bokola) made of black or blackened wood. Handwritten stuck-on label mostly illegible apart from 'Viti Levu' and '1889'. Also used for non-human flesh. Used for feeding a Chief when he is in 'tapu', as human flesh could not touch lips. From Pelham Aldrich (see register for details).
Production place

Polynesia, Fiji, Viti Levu
Production period

19th Century, middle, 19th Century, late
Material

wood

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