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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 184107, member: 55"]I'm also wondering if the lacy things are not sea-fans, but some other type of plant material. It would be nice if they were some part of the palm also - then the entire lamp would be made of palm parts.</p><p>Perhaps when a large palm leaf decomposes, it leaves those lacy things, much like the leaves of deciduous trees which can decompose to leave a lace-like skeleton....</p><p>Or maybe parts of the seed-structures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 184107, member: 55"]I'm also wondering if the lacy things are not sea-fans, but some other type of plant material. It would be nice if they were some part of the palm also - then the entire lamp would be made of palm parts. Perhaps when a large palm leaf decomposes, it leaves those lacy things, much like the leaves of deciduous trees which can decompose to leave a lace-like skeleton.... Or maybe parts of the seed-structures.[/QUOTE]
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