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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1943.56.A Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name knife, cannibal fork Description Pudding knife made of carved and polished wood, flat in profile with openwork representing a man with bent arms (according to the index card). The top of the knife resembles a tongue with serrated edges (according to the index card). From Rear Admiral Pelham Aldrich aboard the HMS Challenger 1872-1876. Stuck on handwritten label: 'Vanua Lava/Banks Group/HMS Research 1873'. Registration number written in black ink. Production place Melanesia, Vanuatu, Banks Islands, Vanua Lava Production date 1889 Production period 19th Century, middle, 19th Century, late Material wood Dimensions height: 222.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1943.56.A
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

knife, cannibal fork
Description

Pudding knife made of carved and polished wood, flat in profile with openwork representing a man with bent arms (according to the index card). The top of the knife resembles a tongue with serrated edges (according to the index card). From Rear Admiral Pelham Aldrich aboard the HMS Challenger 1872-1876. Stuck on handwritten label: 'Vanua Lava/Banks Group/HMS Research 1873'. Registration number written in black ink.
Production place

Melanesia, Vanuatu, Banks Islands, Vanua Lava
Production date

1889
Production period

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

wood
Dimensions

Details