{"id":16557,"date":"2023-12-31T10:41:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T15:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:museodelchocolate.com.co\/?p=16557"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:13:47","slug":"tagua-el-marfil-vegetal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museodelchocolate.com.co\/en\/tagua-el-marfil-vegetal\/","title":{"rendered":"TAGUA EL MARFIL VEGETAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">La palma de tagua crece en abundancia a la orilla de los r\u00edos tropicales de Colombia.&nbsp;Las frutas son del tama\u00f1o de un mel\u00f3n y crecen en ramilletes de forma globular en la base de la planta hembra.&nbsp;Cada fruta tiene espinas puntiagudas y contiene por lo menos cuatro semillas grandes.&nbsp;Cada palma puede producir hasta veintitr\u00e9s kilos de nueces al a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LA HISTORIA<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">La palma de la tagua es oriunda del bosque h\u00famedo, pero sus semillas han sido trasladadas al altiplano donde los artesanos de Boyac\u00e1 desarrollaron una tradici\u00f3n de tallarla desde hace m\u00e1s de cien a\u00f1os.&nbsp;Probablemente desde el siglo XIX se comenz\u00f3 a transportar la semilla de tagua por el R\u00edo Magdalena desde la Depresi\u00f3n Momposina.&nbsp;Denominada \u201cmarfil vegetal\u201d por su textura y dureza, la tagua se convirti\u00f3 en valioso producto de exportaci\u00f3n que se usaba para hacer botones.&nbsp;En esa \u00e9poca, las semillas de tagua tambi\u00e9n eran utilizadas de \u00faltimo momento en los buques que viajaban entre Europa y los Estados Unidos.&nbsp;En la d\u00e9cada de los a\u00f1os 1950, la tagua fue remplazada por materiales sint\u00e9ticos para la producci\u00f3n de objetos en cantidades industriales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todav\u00eda los artesanos trabajan la tagua usando gubias, tornos el\u00e9ctricos y sierras artesanales para fabricar implementoscotidianos y objetos decorativos de gran belleza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nuestra taza Chocolatera<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Este material es extraordinario por su belleza natural y sostenibilidad. Originaria de las palmas de la regi\u00f3n tropical de Am\u00e9rica del Sur, la tagua se ha convertido en un recurso valioso para la creaci\u00f3n de artesan\u00edas y objetos decorativos debido a su dureza, color blanco marfil y la facilidad con la que puede ser tallada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nos enorgullece incluir la madera de tagua en nuestra colecci\u00f3n de materiales ex\u00f3ticos. Este material no solo representa la riqueza natural de nuestra tierra, sino que tambi\u00e9n nos permite mantener vivo el arte tradicional de la talla en madera. La tagua es utilizada en diversas creaciones que se exhiben en el museo una de estas es la jarra chocolatera m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a del mundo, elaborada con la misma dedicaci\u00f3n y pasi\u00f3n que nos caracteriza. Esta diminuta obra maestra, que desaf\u00eda los l\u00edmites de lo que es posible en la artesan\u00eda, simboliza nuestro compromiso con la innovaci\u00f3n y la preservaci\u00f3n de nuestras tradiciones. La jarra no solo es un ejemplo de la destreza artesanal, sino tambi\u00e9n una pieza que resalta el valor de materiales naturales como la tagua en la elaboraci\u00f3n de objetos de arte \u00fanicos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maxcacao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-04-at-10.39.30-AM-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17502\" style=\"width:343px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maxcacao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-04-at-10.39.29-AM-3-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17503\" style=\"width:331px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La palma de tagua crece en abundancia a la orilla de los r\u00edos tropicales de Colombia.&nbsp;Las frutas son del tama\u00f1o de un mel\u00f3n y crecen en ramilletes de forma globular en la base de la planta hembra.&nbsp;Cada fruta tiene espinas puntiagudas y contiene por lo menos cuatro semillas grandes.&nbsp;Cada palma puede producir hasta veintitr\u00e9s kilos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[468],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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