the ROLY-POLY ARMADILLO! detailed carving in natural tagua nut vegetable ivory!

Description

the
ROLY-POLY ARMADILLO!!
A detailed carving in tagua nut natural vegetable ivory, it has great natural color.
Vegetable ivory
or
tagua nut
is a product made from the very hard white
endosperm
of the seeds of certain
palm trees
. Vegetable ivory is named for its resemblance to
animal ivory
. Species in the genus
Phytelephas
(literally "elephant plant"), native to
South America
, are the most important sources of vegetable ivory. The seeds of the
Caroline ivory-nut palm
from the
Caroline Islands
,
natangura palm
from
Solomon Islands
and
Vanuatu
,
and the
real fan palm
, from
Sub-Saharan Africa
, are also used to produce vegetable ivory.
The
ROLY-POLY ARMADILLO
was entirely hand carved using high quality rotary Fordem tools and carbon dental burrs .
Dimensions of the
ROLY-POLY ARMADILLO
: 2 1/8 inches LONG by 1 1/4 inches WIDE by 1 3/8 inches HIGH.
You will love the
ROLY-POLY ARMADILLO!
Guaranteed!