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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1942.1.B Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name fork Description Three-pronged flesh fork made of wood (i Cula ni Bokola). One prong is split and one prong is broken and there is a nail driven through one side of the handle. It has an incorrect number of 1942.1.C.1 marked in on black ink. They were used for feeding a Chief when he is in 'tapu', as human flesh could not touch the lips. Forks like this were also used for the consumption of non-human flesh. According to the register this fork was used by to eat the flesh of the Missonary Rev Thomas Baker in 1867. Purchased from C. Silburn, antiques dealer, Ipswich who received it from a house in Essex. Production place Polynesia, Fiji, Viti Levu, Nagagadelavatu Production date 1867 Production period 19th Century, middle Material wood Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1942.1.B
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

fork
Description

Three-pronged flesh fork made of wood (i Cula ni Bokola). One prong is split and one prong is broken and there is a nail driven through one side of the handle. It has an incorrect number of 1942.1.C.1 marked in on black ink. They were used for feeding a Chief when he is in 'tapu', as human flesh could not touch the lips. Forks like this were also used for the consumption of non-human flesh. According to the register this fork was used by to eat the flesh of the Missonary Rev Thomas Baker in 1867. Purchased from C. Silburn, antiques dealer, Ipswich who received it from a house in Essex.
Production place

Polynesia, Fiji, Viti Levu, Nagagadelavatu
Production date

1867
Production period

19th Century, middle
Material

wood

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