BULUTOKO FORK FOR EATING HUMAN FRESH -FIJI ARCHIPELAGO Start Price USD 850.00 Current Price USD 850.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 29, 2008 End Time Thursday, October 09, 2008 Location Rio de Janeiro See more about 'BULUTOKO FORK FOR EATING HUMAN FRESH -FIJI ARCHIPELAGO' Description Item # 37 Name of the Item BULUTOKO : Exceptional Fork for eating human fresh - Fiji Archipelago Provenance Fiji Islands - Polynesia Materials Wood and bone Short Description An extraordinary and unique form of BULUTOKO, a rare fork for eating human fresh and used especially by deified priests and honored chiefs who were considered so sacred that they could not touch food with hands nor lips. Highlights Rare item. Made in a superb way, sculptured with majestic details in bone. Condition As it is and shown in picture. We would say: very good Size H. 13 ¼  inches (33,6 cm) Circumference 5 inches ( 13 cm) Features  Details in bone or ivory Date XVIII or XIX Century Origin of the item Private Collection in RJ.   Business Information History/background Every item offered by MAT-AC (Mouseîon Antiques Trading & Ashraf Coins) is unconditionally guaranteed to be Genuine and Authentic. We are located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where we have a small shop. From 1996 we started to work as Antique Dealers and we have travelled many times to places related to History and Archaeology, looking for interesting items to sell and pieces for our own collection. From 2002 we work with Archaeological Tours and we travel constantly abroad looking for other items. Also, we collect archaeological artefacts and art works for more than 25 years and part of this collection will be displayed in the Mankind Museum in Rio de Janeiro, which will be inaugurated soon. Payment policy We accept payments through PayPal, Mail order or Bank transfer for Citibank account. All payments are required until 5 days after the end of auction. Shipping information   Shipping WORLDWIDE => Buyer pays shipping costs depending on buyer's requests. Some items can be sent free. Combined Shipping => Multiple items can be combined for a single low shipping cost. Insurance => Optional insurance. Registered Mail => If you would like registered Mail, please let me know as soon as you win the item. Not registered Mail is sent with buyer's risk. Note => For countries like China, Turkey, all Eastern Europe & Central and South America we recommend to send all items with registered Mail for your security. Note 2 => Parcels and Orders to Italy are subject to a high insurance always. Insurance We strongly recommend doing Insurance for all items sent abroad. For some expensive and rare items, we do insurance even if the Buyer opts for not doing. And offer it as a COURTESY. Otherwise, it is at buyer’s risk and we have no responsibility for damaging or losing the items. Return policy All illustrations are of the actual item offered here. The authenticity of all pieces is fully guaranteed and comes with our gallery Certificate of Authenticity. If the object does not fit the description; just let us know within 10 days after receiving the object. You send the item back in the same conditions and we will return the price you paid (shipping excluded).We don’t accept damaged items back. We will answer your questions as soon as possible. Please write to us. Travels to places of Archaeological significance Also, we organise special tours to places of archaeological and historical significance in travels designed as Courses of Archaeology in loco. With pleasure, we help people to purchase items in places as Damascus, Bucharest, Cusco and other odd places. Then, not only you can visit the place, but you can be assisted to buy good and interesting items.   New Items and Special Collections We are listing items several times a week. We have a big collection of African & Oceanic Primitive Art under our responsibility and we are available to give information upon request. If someone is interest, we can offer the item on eBay. We have a good list of customers and sellers in Brazil and abroad. If you have a special thing in mind, don’t hesitate in asking to us. Please write to: pradodemello@hotmail.com Place a Bid!