No. 87987255

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Cannibal fork - I cook bokola - Fiji
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€ 175
6 weeks ago

Cannibal fork - I cook bokola - Fiji

Amy Wassing

Selected by Amy Wassing
I culani bokola fork, Fiji Islands, Polynesia. These forks were used by chiefs and priests, whose lips and hands were not allowed to touch the food. This usage seems to have been particularly relevant to cannibal meals. Sold together with it's marble holding stand I have added some pictures of a similar form the book The James Hooper collection, these are not part of this auction.

No. 87987255

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Cannibal fork - I cook bokola - Fiji

Cannibal fork - I cook bokola - Fiji

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I culani bokola fork, Fiji Islands, Polynesia.
These forks were used by chiefs and priests, whose lips and hands were not allowed to touch the food. This usage seems to have been particularly relevant to cannibal meals.

Sold together with it's marble holding stand

I have added some pictures of a similar form the book The James Hooper collection, these
are not part of this auction.

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