Boar's tooth, medium of exchange, Vanuatu - Vanuatu

Boar tooth
Currency of exchange - Perfect to wear as a bracelet
No cracks or fractures
Excellent condition -
VANUATU

Length: 31 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Inner diameter: 6 cm

The boar teeth of Vanuatu 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 that is exchanged for a transfer of rank, or 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 the living and influence in that of the dead. The person is authorized to wear the adornments corresponding to their rank.

The curved Verrat tooth is one of the emblems of Vanuatu.
It appears on its national flag