No. 100424764

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Boar's tooth currency of exchange. - Vanuatu
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Boar's tooth currency of exchange. - Vanuatu

Dent de verrat Monnaie d'échange Parfait état - Pas de crac ni fêlure VANUATU Long : 29 cm Diamètre : 8.5 cm Diamètre intérieur : 6 cm Les dents de verrat du Vanuatu sont utilisées comme monnaie d'échange. Elles se portent en bracelet ou en pectoral. Elles ont une grande valeur symbolique et sacrée. Le cochon est au cœur du système social traditionnel du Vanuatu. Élevé dans le but d’obtenir cette dent rare que l’on échange pour une passation de grade ou bien être initié aux secrets ou encore pour se marier, pour payer une dette…Le système de grade permet d’accroître le pouvoir du monde des vivants et l’influence dans celui des morts. La personne est autorisée à porter les éléments de parure correspondant à son grade. La dent de Verrat recourbée est l’un des emblèmes du Vanuatu. Elle figure sur son drapeau national _______________________________________________ Pectoral Pig tusk Currency exchange "Kolé" stage A turn and a quarter VANUATU Vanuatu boar teeth are used as currency. They are worn as bracelets or pectorals. 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

No. 100424764

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Boar's tooth currency of exchange. - Vanuatu

Boar's tooth currency of exchange. - Vanuatu

Dent de verrat
Monnaie d'échange
Parfait état - Pas de crac ni fêlure
VANUATU

Long : 29 cm
Diamètre : 8.5 cm
Diamètre intérieur : 6 cm

Les dents de verrat du Vanuatu sont utilisées comme monnaie d'échange. Elles se portent en bracelet ou en pectoral.
Elles ont une grande valeur symbolique et sacrée.

Le cochon est au cœur du système social traditionnel du Vanuatu.
Élevé dans le but d’obtenir cette dent rare que l’on échange pour une passation de grade ou bien être initié aux secrets ou encore pour se marier, pour payer une dette…Le système de grade permet d’accroître le pouvoir du monde des vivants et l’influence dans celui des morts. La personne est autorisée à porter les éléments de parure correspondant à son grade.

La dent de Verrat recourbée est l’un des emblèmes du Vanuatu.
Elle figure sur son drapeau national

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Pectoral Pig tusk
Currency exchange
"Kolé" stage A turn and a quarter
VANUATU


Vanuatu boar teeth are used as currency. They are worn as bracelets or pectorals.
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

Final bid
€ 150
Marion Oliviero
Expert
Estimate  € 180 - € 220

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