Boar's tooth: traditional exchange currency of Vanuatu - Vanuatu

Boar's tooth Traditional exchange currency - Worn as a bracelet or a pectoral No cracks Excellent condition VANUATU Length: 30 cm Diameter: 9.5 cm Inner diameter: 6.5 cm Boar's teeth from Vanuatu are used as currency. They are worn as bracelets or pectorals. They carry great symbolic and sacred value. The pig is at the heart of Vanuatu's traditional social system. Raised with the aim of obtaining this rare tooth, which is exchanged for a transfer of rank or to be initiated into secrets or even to marry, or to pay a debt... The rank system enables the power of the world of the living to grow and to influence the world of the dead. The person is authorized to wear the adornments corresponding to their rank. The curved Verrat tooth is one of the emblems of Vanuatu. It features on its national flag

Estimate:£144.02

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