inflectors

Updated: May 29, 2025

One man had received the forearm and hand, and while he was chewing the muscles and pulling away at the inflectors of the fingers, the hand closed and scratched his cheek, "all same he alive," whereupon the horrified guest threw his morsel away and fled into the forest. On my return to Port Olry I found that the Father had gone to visit a colleague, as his duties did not take up much of his time.

Felix Speiser - Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific