Boar Tusk Bracelet Vanuatu Oceania Primitive Art
Grown in a straight line
A very beautiful and rare bracelet
Total length: 37 cm
Diameter: 10 cm
Inner diameter: 7 cm
Boar tusks from Vanuatu are used as currency. They are worn as bracelets and pectoral ornaments.
They hold great symbolic and sacred value.
The pig is at the heart of Vanuatu’s traditional social system.
Pigs are raised to obtain this rare tusk, which is exchanged for a promotion in rank, to be initiated into secrets, to get married, or to pay off a debt… The rank system allows one to increase power in the world of the living and influence in the world of the dead. A person is permitted to wear the adornments corresponding to their rank.
The curved boar’s tusk is one of Vanuatu’s emblems.
It appears on the national flag
A very beautiful and rare bracelet
Total length: 37 cm
Diameter: 10 cm
Inner diameter: 7 cm
Boar tusks from Vanuatu are used as currency. They are worn as bracelets and pectoral ornaments.
They hold great symbolic and sacred value.
The pig is at the heart of Vanuatu’s traditional social system.
Pigs are raised to obtain this rare tusk, which is exchanged for a promotion in rank, to be initiated into secrets, to get married, or to pay off a debt… The rank system allows one to increase power in the world of the living and influence in the world of the dead. A person is permitted to wear the adornments corresponding to their rank.
The curved boar’s tusk is one of Vanuatu’s emblems.
It appears on the national flag
2 200 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Tribal Art
Condition: Condition of use
Length: 37 cm
Diameter: 10 cm
Reference (ID): 1851563
Availability: In stock
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