Exceptional Boar Tusk Exchange Currency Vanuatu Oceania Tribal Art

Rare "ALA" stage More than a turn and a half,
perfectly aligned in its growth
Length 41 cm
Diameter 10 cm

These teeth are used as currency. these ornaments are worn around the arms and on the chest
. They have great symbolic and sacred value. The pig is central to the traditional social system of Vanuatu.
Raised with the aim of obtaining this rare tooth which one exchanges for a transfer of rank or else to be initiated into secrets or even to marry, to pay a debt... The rank system makes it possible to increase the power of the world of living and influence in that of the dead. The person is authorized to wear the elements of adornment corresponding to his rank. The curved Verrat's tooth is one of the emblems of Vanuatu. It appears on its national flag