Pair Of Boar Teeth Bracelets Currency Of Exchange Vanuatu Oceania Art

Pair of boar teeth bracelets Currency Exchange
Vanuatu
Long 37 cm
Diameter 10 cm
Inner diameter 6.5 cm

These teeth are used as currency. These ornaments are worn as bracelets and pectorals. They have 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 promotion of rank or to be initiated into the 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. T
he curved Verrat tooth is one of the emblems of Vanuatu. It appears on its national flag