Impressive Pig tusk pectoral Currency exchange Vanuatu 

Lenght 45 cm

Diameter 11.5 cm

Inner diameter 7.5 cm

Used as currency. these ornament are worn as bracelet and pectoral.

It's agreat 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 influencing 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