Fork

Description

Fork of wood, with four prongs arranged in a square and slender, cylindrical handle, previously called a cannibal fork: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Museum reference

A.1924.736

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Fork

Production information

Fiji, Polynesia

Date

Late 19th century

Style / Culture

Fijian
Pacific Peoples
Melanesian

Materials

Wood

Associations

Collector: Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica, Miss, 1837 - 1924