Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0032 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Ornament or bracelet (boar tusk) | |
| Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Pig tusk | |
| Description | Ornament consisting of a boar's tusk which has grown in a nearly complete circle and is unmodified except for a single small hole drilled near its proximal end; To attain such teeth, specially selected pigs in Vanuatu are specially fed and prevented from foraging so they will not break off their tusks; Such tusks are worn as bracelets or pendants and are also used as decorative elements on masks and other ceremonial objects. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 1.7, Max Diam = 10.5 | |