TROPICAL PELICAN FISHING HAND CARVED IN TAGUA... Do you know what have in common the African elephants and the Amazonian forests? <>... One plant located in the Ecuadorian, Colombian and Peruvian forests called "Tagua" or the vegetal Ivory is being used as a substitute for the animal Ivory and...
TROPICAL PELICAN FISHING HAND CARVED IN TAGUA
Do you know what have in common the African elephants and the Amazonian forests? <>
One plant located in the Ecuadorian, Colombian and Peruvian forests called "Tagua" or the vegetal Ivory is being used as a substitute for the animal Ivory and is so close to the real ivory that not even the experts can tell the difference between one and other, the Tagua three which can produce yearly crops is saving the life of the most antique and big land mammal facing the danger of extinction.
A single female Tagua palm may produce up to <>50 pounds of nuts in a year, that's roughly the amount of ivory in an average African elephant tusk. The elephant, however, yields its ivory only once while the palm produces nuts year after year.
Product Features:
A tropical pelican with a fish in its mouth handcarved in Tagua and nesting over one tagua nut that simulates rocks. The nut in the button has the leyend "Ecuador". The nest has natural brown branches. Everything is Tagua. The design and work is very realistic, very artistic and labor consuming. There are no molds, so every sculpture is unique.
Color: Ivory body, brown pick , wings and tail, the ivory is the natural colo of the tagua nut after carved
Material: Vegetal ivory or TAGUA 100%
Dimensions: 5.5 inches tall and 3.5 inches wide
Origin: Ecuador, South America
Details: The Pelican is nesting over nuts, has a fish on its pick, has a perfect realistic designed pick and attractive face.
It is perfect as a desk decoration for an office overlooking the ocean and for tropical beach houses. It is a great present for a special person who loves handmade unique things with social meaning.
Another ecological incentive for using vegetable ivory is that renewed trade in Tagua nuts could help protect endangered rain forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. According to a Massachusetts-based environmental group called Cultural Survival, natural rain forest products such as vegetable ivory can generate up to five times the income of banana plantations and cattle ranches.
If you have ecological or vegan heart and love to have unique and natural things, this Tagua decoration for desk or table is what you have been longing for. This is a handcrafted piece of art, which took hours of labor from skilled artists and which promotes the fair trade with artisans communities located in South America. I am an Ecuadorian residing in USA and the commerce of this crafts is my own crusade to promote the development of my people.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MY LOYAL CUSTOMERS:
To all the customers who have bid in my "Tagua" sculptures, I am very grateful. they will be not available for sale any more. In my last trip I was detained in costumes at the Miami Airport. After Xray the suitcases, they believed the boxes filled with wrap material and Tagua were "cocaine". It took time and a careful inspection from the agents to discover the true.
One elephant in Tagua arrived broken a cause of the terrible handling in the International flies. I discovered the lost and the hassles are not sustainable anymore. In the same space I can store one sculpture in Tagua, I can bring 10 ethnic jewelry sets .
So, I decided to stop bringing Tagua sculptures to the United States. If you are interested in this piece, get it before is gone because I am not bringing this kind of Art anymore. Please be sure to check my other tagua sculptures with marine and rain forest motives. Those are gorgeous.
Payment and Shipping:
I ship worldwide in a flat rate box, this will travel with bubble packs and pop corn to be sure the piece will arrive in perfect conditions. Overseas customers please use the shipping calculator provided on site and use the option " Flat Rate Box Priority Mail" the dimensions of the box are: 7x7x6 and the weight one pound. If you need help figuring out your price please write me an email. The cost for shipping inside USA is $10.
From: USA zipcode 92128
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