Tagua Oval Bead Necklace

$165.00

Artist: Ethnic Pride Marketing

Region / Country: South America / Colombia

A handcrafted necklace with oval shaped beads made from tagua seeds. This necklace utilizes gray beads separated by brown disks with a tagua seed fastener, the same color as the beads. The beads and disks are strung on a leather cord. Length of necklace when it is laid flat is approximately 8 inches. (SKU: EP-3001)

Artist: Ethnic Pride Marketing

Region: South America

Country: Colombia

Ethnic Pride Marketing works with small artisan's families in Colombia's very remote villages to keep their traditions alive while being paid a fair wage for their work. One of those artisans is Luis Eduardo whose family has worked with tagua (pronounced: ta qwa or tah gwa) for generations.

The tagua nut comes from a palm like tree which grows to a height of 20 to 30 feet in several tropical regions of South America. The nut or seed can range in size from a cherry to a grapefruit and average about the size of a walnut.