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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 937804, member: 5833&quot;]Yes, but.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t spend much time researching this question, but if you are citing the many sales listings for tagua nut netsuke, not museums or netsuke specialty sites, I suspect the vast majority of them are like this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://picclick.com/TN1410-2-Hand-Carved-Tagua-Nut-Netsuke-362655157883.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picclick.com/TN1410-2-Hand-Carved-Tagua-Nut-Netsuke-362655157883.html" rel="nofollow">https://picclick.com/TN1410-2-Hand-Carved-Tagua-Nut-Netsuke-362655157883.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/ODAwWDgwMA==/z/v8cAAOSwYj9b6Y91/$/TN1410-2-Hand-Carved-Tagua-Nut-Netsuke-_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is an ojime, a toggle bead, another part of a sagemono.&nbsp; It is drilled with 1 hole top to bottom.&nbsp; Tagua nuts are the perfect size for making these.&nbsp; OP&#039;s figures are 2&quot; tall;&nbsp; I have never seen anything carved from a single nut that was so large.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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