If you both love the rain forest and keeping animal ivory on real animals where it belongs, you'll love our hand-carved Tagua Raindrop Pendant from Ecuador. Tagua nut, a renewable rainforest seed that grows from the Amazon's Tagua Palm Tree, is widely regarded as vegetable ivory for its likeness to real animal ivory, but with animal and habitat-friendly properties. With the growing scarcity of animal ivory, Tagua has become a highly valued commodity by artisans and consumers alike. The pendant measures 1 1/2 inches x 1 1/2 inches x 18 1/2 inches long. Similar to animal ivory, tagua will gently darken or antique over time. Handmade in Ecuador and fair trade imported. Ecuador, the smallest of South America's countries, owes its unique biodiversity to its geographical setting and climate; a hybrid area of Pacific Coast beaches, sweltering rainforests, the UNESCO-protected Galapagos Islands, and the snow-capped volcanoes of the Andean highlands.