Oceania Primitive Art Boar's Tusk Bracelet
Rare
Perfect for wearing as a 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 breastplates.
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 ranking system increases one’s 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 country’s national flag
Perfect for wearing as a 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 breastplates.
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 ranking system increases one’s 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 country’s national flag
1 200 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Tribal Art
Condition: Condition of use
Material: Other
Length: 30 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Reference (ID): 1854721
Availability: In stock
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