Seven “cannibal forks” once used for feasting on human flesh have sold at auction for £30,000.
The wooden implements were used to serve up their enemies to Fijian chieftains who, for religious reasons, were not allowed to touch their food.
The sale estimate for the seven forks had originally been put at £1,600 as a set but they fetched nearly £30,000 when they were sold individually.
Their macabre purpose fed the appetite of collectors from around the world at the auction in Guernsey.
The implements are between six and 17 inches long and each has four sharp prongs to spear