Sentences with phrase «of tagua»
(And even buttons made of tagua nut - the vegetal ivory.)
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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.
However, given the recent burst of creativity of Colombian artisans, the demand for tagua has increased immensely so as to incentivize their preservation.»
The Palma Collection uses tagua from Colombia, where a group of highly skilled artisans are working to keep the tagua carving tradition alive.