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Tagua Nut Penguin Ornament

From Antarctica, through Ecuador, to your home – celebrate chilly winter holidays with this hand-carved penguin on its ice floe. Ecuadorian artisans carve this congenial fellow from tagua nut, the seed of a palm tree from coastal forests. A renewable rainforest crop, tagua nut is very hard and ideal for carving, resembling the finest ivory.

· Carved tagua nut ornament
· 1Wx2H inches
· Made in Ecuador

Weight: 0.08 lbs. Product Code: #8400350

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$18.00

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Kristen, Highland Park, NJ: “This ornament was really fun to give as a gift, because it was a joy to hear people try to guess what it was made of. They were astonished that a nut could become such a charming and permanent fixture on the tree.”


About Camari

Camari

Ecuador


Artisan Group: Camari
Country:
Ecuador

Camari is an income generating program that works to enable small farmers, or “campesinos,” to remain in their home communities instead of leaving to find scarce work in the cities.


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