Tagua Chess Set Pieces | Hand Carved – King 6.5cm

Tagua Chess Set Pieces

HANDCARVED TAGUA CHESS BOARD MADE IN ECUADOR USING ECUADORIAN SKILLS AND ECUADORIAN TAGUA TAGUA CHESS SET PIECES Fair Trade Ecuador Tagua Carving | Vegan Ivory NO BOARD IS INCLUDED. PIECES ONLY Dimensions: Full Set Weighs Approx 900g (1.98lbs). Packed weight 1.1kg (2.43lbs). Size of King = 6.5cm tall x 3cm wide (2.6 inches tall x 1.1 inches wide) Exquisite quality chess pieces hand-carved from Tagua nuts in Ecuador. Superior quality set. Each piece will be individually packed and sent carefully packaged. BACKGROUND Tagua is a rainforest nut known as vegetable ivory for its likeness to animal ivory. These are seeds that grow in pods called cabezas, from the tagua nut palm tree. Tagua is the world hardest vegetable product. Tagua’s smooth, hard texture is an ideal medium for carving jewelry, boxes and other figurines or using the whole seed as beads for necklaces and bracelets. Our supplier, an Ecuador-based NGO, counters poverty and deforestation by creating new jobs that depend on conservation and responsible forest management. The organization works with 23 local artisans, mostly working in home-based workshops to create several, beautiful objects from tagua nuts. These nuts grow year-round in Ecuador and can be harvested without causing any harm to the rainforest. This makes them a highly sustainable product, protects elephants and provides meaningful on-going work for the local people who harvest them. reserved.