Flesh-hook

The metal shaft divides to form between two and five hooks with some sort of sharpened end.

The purposes of the objects probably include pulling meat out of a pot or hides out of tan-pits.

[1] Some are plain in design but many are elaborately decorated, and if related to food, are clearly for the feasting hall rather than the kitchen (if such a distinction existed); some have been found with cauldrons and other large vessels.

The division and serving of meat at feasts and after sacrifices was a matter of great social significance, and some tension, in several cultures, as we know from early literatures; it is recorded as leading to fatal violence in both classical Greece and Irish mythology (see Champion's portion).

[2] The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament contains passages referring to the use of flesh-hooks, one with three hooks, being used by Israelite priests to pull meat out of a cauldron.

The Dunaverney flesh-hook , Bronze Age Ireland
The Late Bronze Age Little Thetford flesh-hook (with modern wood section), England