This Coco de Mer Seed is a famous collectable. Ours is in excellent condition.
Measures on its stand 19 1/4" tall and 14" wide. Its base measures 12 1/2" by 5".
The nut of the coco de mer is very large (the largest seed in the plant kingdom) and is oddly shaped, being the shape and size of a woman's disembodied buttocks on one side, and a woman's belly and thighs on the other side.
Not surprisingly, this nut was viewed by people in other parts of the world as a rare and fascinating object with mythological and even magical properties.
The nature and origin of this extraordinary nut was mysterious, and the propagation of the tree was not understood.
A number of legends arose both about the nuts, and about the trees that produce them.
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