It's made
from tagua seed and it feels good on!
Not exact matches
At Galería Namu near the center of San José you'll find intricately carved Brunca masks and polished
tagua turtles, handwoven baskets and original artwork
from Costa Rican artisans.
Necklaces and some buttons were additionally crafted of ivory - like
tagua nuts
from South American rainforest trees, and bags were hand woven by a Mexican co-operative using «ixtle» cactus fibres.
Known as vegetable ivory,
tagua is collected
from the unsurprisingly named Ivory Nut Palm, which grows in the rainforests of South America.
The Palma Collection uses
tagua from Colombia, where a group of highly skilled artisans are working to keep the
tagua carving tradition alive.