Fork Item Number: C561 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
A dark brown wood fork that has four long prongs. The handle has a rounded bead and spool design.
According to Burnett, these forks were only used at cannibal feasts, along with special plates (see C498-99). "All other food was eaten with the fingers, but as the touching of a dead body rendered a person tabu for a time, the necessity for a fork arose." (See "Summer Isles of Eden" by Burnett.)