a Boar-tusk based economy (cool photos!) - General Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 9:45 AM One of my favorite magazines is Colors, a somewhat photo-based publication that looks at various cultures throughout the world. The recent issue #73 took a look at how money is viewed through different cultures of the world. One of the regions shown was the Pacific Island of Vanuatu, where pig tusks are still used as basis for the economy, and the value of each tusk is determined by the amount of work needed to raise the pig. The following link is to a pdf file of the Vanuatu section of the magazine - including some amazing pictures of a small bank where numerous strings of curved boar tusks are shown hanging from the ceiling. I'm one of those who often wears a boars-tooth necklace at tiki events - I found these photos and decsriptions of the real thing to be quite facinating. http://www.colorsmagazine.com/money/stories/microbes.pdf Vern

One of my favorite magazines is Colors, a somewhat photo-based publication that looks at various cultures throughout the world.

The recent issue #73 took a look at how money is viewed through different cultures of the world. One of the regions shown was the Pacific Island of Vanuatu, where pig tusks are still used as basis for the economy, and the value of each tusk is determined by the amount of work needed to raise the pig.

The following link is to a pdf file of the Vanuatu section of the magazine - including some amazing pictures of a small bank where numerous strings of curved boar tusks are shown hanging from the ceiling.

I'm one of those who often wears a boars-tooth necklace at tiki events - I found these photos and decsriptions of the real thing to be quite facinating.

http://www.colorsmagazine.com/money/stories/microbes.pdf

Vern

Post #402824 by ikitnrev on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 9:45 AM