Title
armlet
Identifier
Description
double circle
Date
Early: 1800 Late: 1930
Coverage
Melanesia Vanuatu
Creator
Bowie,F.G Rev
Relation
tusk boar.tusk
Contributor
Bowie,F.G Rev
Abstract
Lower jaws of domestic boars and boar's tusk armlets Santo, New Hebrides Power depended upon the acquisition of wealth with which to buy advancement in exclusive graded societies. The standard form of wealth was pigs with exceptionally long and circular lower canine tusks, caused by the artificial removal of the upper grinders.
UUID
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