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VANUATU - Lot of 2 old pig/boar tusks - Oceania - Late 19th/Early 20th century

Tusks used as currency.
Wear caused by the tusks rubbing against one another in the jaw.

See the 1919 photo taken by Martin Johnson on the island of Malakula (or Malekula), in the Vanuatu archipelago, showing a man wearing a pig tusk around his neck and holding an overmodeled ancestral skull.

Dimensions:

1 - 9.5cm*7.5cm
2 - 10.5cm*8cm

Personal collection

Europe only!!!!!!!!!!!!

VANUATU - Lot 2 anciennes dents de cochon/verrat - Océanie - Fin XIXème/Début XXème

Dents utilisées comme monnaie d'échange.
Usures liées aux frottements des dents les unes sur les autres dans la machoire.


Voir photo de 1919 prise par Martin Johnson sur l'île de Malakula (ou Malekula), dans l'archipel du Vanuatu, montrant un homme portant une dent de cochon autour du cou et tenant un crâne d'ancêtre surmodelé. 

Dimensions:

1 - 9.5cm*7.5cm
2 - 10.5cm*8cm

Collection personnelle

Europe only!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lot of 2 old pig/boar teeth - Oceania - Vanuatu

Late 19th century - Bone - Good condition

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This pair of original pig or boar teeth from Vanuatu dates to the late 19th century and was used as exchange currency.

Lot of 2 old pig/boar teeth - Oceania - Vanuatu

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This pair of original pig or boar teeth from Vanuatu dates to the late 19th century and was used as exchange currency.

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