A late 19th/early 20th century Fijian cannibal fork in dark wood with four prongs, carved grip with stars in fork head, length 30cm According to Kaeppler (2010, p. 225), such forks often are called cannibal forks because they were used by priests and chiefs to eat human flesh. But such forks also were used by high-ranking individuals, who as living representations of gods, were not permitted to handle food. Attendants would feed such individuals by carefully placing consecrated flesh into their mouths,...