COLOMBIARTE

Tagua Seed The Tagua nut is an extremely hard nut that comes from the Ivory nut palm. Its endosperm can be carved and polished like ivory, making it a botanical alternative to elephant ivory and giving rise to the name "vegetable ivory." Before carving, the nut is covered with a brown, flaky skin and shaped like a small avocado. Tagua Nuts can be found in the rainforest, typically on the ground, where their outer skin is eaten by the various animals peopling the region. The nuts' diameter ranges roughly from 4-8cm in diameter

The Congolo Seed The Congolo seed is a large and beautiful seed. This seed often resembles a heart and has a varnished finish. Congolo is the seed from a tropical palm tree which is native to the beaches and coastal areas of Northern Columbia.

Bombona Seed The bombona is the seed of a palm that grows in the humid tropical forests of the region of the Colombian Pacific Ocean. It is a seed of very particular texture, polished to the native or dyed in the most diverse colors and with form of almost perfect ball although also she is divided in different courts.

Ojo de Buey The " eye of ox " or also acquaintance as " eye of deer " is a seed of medium size that gets his name for the appearance with the eye of the animal. The plant mother of these seeds is the Mucuna of which three species exist in America.

Azaid The azaid as the tagua is the seed of a palm that grows in the humid tropical forests of the region of the Colombian Pacific Ocean. One finds with his natural color of tones coffee, polished, turned and dyed in diverse colors.

Chambimbe The chambimbe or stick of soap is a seed with round, small form, ocsura and with very much sheen. It is the seed of a shrub siempreverde called Sapindus saponaria who is in tropical and subtropical zones of America. In the Vale of the Cauca it calls her him chambimbe and in other zones of Colombia, jaboncillo because if done in warm free water a froth that serves to clean the clothes as the soap. The seed is used in his natural black color, without polishing.