{"id":3244,"date":"2020-07-24T15:59:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=3244"},"modified":"2020-11-20T11:15:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T11:15:33","slug":"livoire-vegetal-embera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-choco-embera\/livoire-vegetal-embera\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable ivory embera"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-choco-embera\/\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChoco Mythology\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indiens_Choc%C3%B3\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<p>In the thick tropical and humid forests of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil, grows a very special plant called tagua or<em> tawa (Phytelephas seemannii, Phytelephas macrocarpa, Phytelephas aequatorialis). Its content provides embera vegetable ivory.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-choco-embera\/livoire-vegetal-embera\/#Livoire-vegetal-embera\" >Vegetable ivory embera<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Livoire-vegetal-embera\"><\/span>Vegetable ivory embera<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Slow in growth, it can reach 8 meters in height. It takes 15 years to produce the first fruits. Then he will give three harvests a year.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Its leaves are used to cover the roofs of houses.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181218\/ob_f434bd_mococha-1.jpg\" alt=\"embera\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181218\/ob_f97c83_mococha-2.jpg\" alt=\"embera\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The large fruit -infructescence- is known as <em>mococha<\/em>. It groups together several fruits with each between four and nine seeds the size and shape of a hen&#039;s egg, which are used for crafts.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181218\/ob_620cc5_semilla-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetable ivory embera\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181218\/ob_351f90_semilla-2.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetable ivory embera\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>When freshly harvested, the seeds contain a coconut water-like liquid that can be ingested; in a second step, they thicken to form an edible paste with a sweet taste.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Left in the sun, in a few months, its contents take on a light ocher color and harden, taking on a striking resemblance to animal ivory. Internationally, this material is very popular for making buttons.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181218\/ob_e8547e_tagua-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetable ivory embera\" width=\"150\" height=\"172\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181218\/ob_e576eb_tagua-2.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetable ivory embera\" width=\"150\" height=\"172\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181218\/ob_460398_tagua-3.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetable ivory embera\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.over-blog-kiwi.com\/0\/56\/62\/66\/20181218\/ob_ed1422_tagua-4.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetable ivory embera\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In 1750, the Franciscan friar Juan de Santa Gertrudis, a missionary in Nueva Granada, in his chronicles compared in his chronicles the seeds of tagua with those that were carved with the &quot;\u00a0<em>marble balls \u00bb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Like animal ivory, tagua is very hard, easy to polish and absorbs dyes well. With the manual techniques that the Ember\u00e1 and the Wounaan received from their ancestors, today&#039;s craftsmen produce veritable works of art, with representations of cultural symbolism or objects for sale (ornaments, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Choco Wiki Dans les \u00e9paisses for\u00eats tropicales et humides du Panama, de la Colombie, de l&rsquo;Equateur, du P\u00e9rou et &hellip; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3233,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}