Cannibal fork "iculanibokola" · Fidji Islands · ID: 3035375
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Provenance
American Collection, San FranciscoSize
L: 30,5 cm
L: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, slightly bulging handle, fork in form of four circular arranged beaks, socle;
the cannibal fork was used by attendants during ritual feasts to feed individuals considered too holy to touch food. The influence of Christianity ended cannibalism in Fiji by the close of the 19th century.
The object Cannibal fork “iculanibokola” with the object ID 3035375 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 33.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 465, ill. 532