Beautiful marble polishing on this vegetable ivory bracelet!

Carved squares are lightly polished to reveal the veining on the seed

Inside of bracelet is completely polished

Size of squares is one inch

Bracelet is elastic so one size fits all

The Brazilians call it Jarina or Marfim, and other places know it as Tagua. The nut of the Tagua Palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa) is gelatinous and little by little hardens. When dried it is exceptionally hard for a vegetable material (2.5 on Mohs scale). It has similar properties of animal ivory and can be carved. It is used for jewelry, marquetry, and finishes for luxury products (knives, pens, etc.), musical instruments and figurine carving.