I have bought several of these, very similar when I visit Fiji. They’re brain forks! Can’t say if the one pictured is a replica for tourists or not. There used to be cannibals in Fiji… so I guess they need brain forks. See here…
Vibrating fork for raising worms.
Stick the fork end in the ground. Rub the carved end against the grain with another stick. The vibrations to the ground cause the earthworms to come up.
It’s a wooden tool called an Hawaiian sling. They are used to spear fish. When they spear the fish, the four prongs spread out and hold the fish so it can’t wiggle off. Besides decorative wood, they also come in utilitarian steel and brass. Metal slings usually have three prongs.
It looks like the tool they sell for “felting” boiled yarn.
Japaneese fork
Some sort of knitting apparatus for making specialized knots?
Teak olive fork
its a fish spear tip .. thailand or other pacific rim wood
Its to get the kids to do the dishes haa !!! no I think it for knitting
Something to do with hair twisting, holder?
egg beater
looks like a teak fork
round foods grabber?
Something my wife would not so lovingly jab me with when she is angry (not that that ever happens.)
Frog Gig
I have bought several of these, very similar when I visit Fiji. They’re brain forks! Can’t say if the one pictured is a replica for tourists or not. There used to be cannibals in Fiji… so I guess they need brain forks. See here…
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/single-fijian-cannibal-fork-iculanibokola
It’s the business end of what’s called an Hawaiian sling. I’ve used one many times.
Without peaking, I thought it was a Japaneses egg whisk. It looks bamboo to me.
Though I like some of the creative comments;
yarn felting tool or flower maker, round vegetable tool & family ‘persuader’.
Whats a ‘frog gig’ is that for making ‘frog button closures’?
Could be…
crab pick– for getting the meat out of crab shell.
Corn cob holders fror putting in each end of the cob when eating corn on the cob.
something my Dad and my Aunt Elodie used to beat the children???
Teak Wisk
It’s an appetizer fork!
My wild guess is a Polynesian tattoo device
It’s a hand treadle for spinning yarn from wool.
Either that or an alien nose picker…
Pickled egg gig
Vibrating fork for raising worms.
Stick the fork end in the ground. Rub the carved end against the grain with another stick. The vibrations to the ground cause the earthworms to come up.
Its a rug beater
frog gigger
It appears to be for pickles/olives.
A Hair Comb used on strong fuzzy wuzzy native type hair.
Its to hold corn on the cob!! (:
It’s a wooden tool called an Hawaiian sling. They are used to spear fish. When they spear the fish, the four prongs spread out and hold the fish so it can’t wiggle off. Besides decorative wood, they also come in utilitarian steel and brass. Metal slings usually have three prongs.