Tagua Jewelry are handcrafted from a palm tree nut native to the lush tropical rainforests of Ecuador. Also referred to as Ivory Palm, it produces several bushels of seed pods a year with up to 100 Tagua nuts per pod. These nuts are then harvested, dried and crafted into a wide range of products from vibrant modern jewelry, to everyday items like shirt buttons. Tagua ia also Known as Vegetable Ivory. It has the same appearance, density and feel of animal ivory without doing any harm to animal.