Coco de Mer Female
by Conor Murphy
Original - Sold
Price
$500
Dimensions
16.000 x 20.000 x 0.750 inches
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Title
Coco de Mer Female
Artist
Conor Murphy
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
This is the seed of the Coco de Mer palm tree, it is the largest seed in the world.
Legend has it that sailors who first saw the nut floating in the sea imagined that it resembled a woman's disembodied buttocks. This association is reflected in one of the plant's archaic botanical names, Lodoicea callipyge Comm. ex J. St.-Hil., in which callipyge is from Greek words meaning 'beautiful rump'.
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August 14th, 2010
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