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The toquilla palm is found in an area stretching from Guatemala and Honduras in Central America to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia in South America.
Chapter 6 1983
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The toquilla palm has no true stem, the leaves growing from the ground on long petioles which may attain a length of 3 m.
Chapter 6 1983
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The toquilla palm (Carludovica palmate) is the source of the iraca straw used in Colombia to make 'Panama hats' and handicrafts.
Chapter 6 1983
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The straw is also called 'Paja de toquilla' or 'jipi japa'.
Chapter 6 1983
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The material used is toquilla straw, the mid-rib of the screw-pine (_Carlodovica palmata_).
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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A large felt hat, banded with a _toquilla_ of Venetian pearls, completed a costume sufficiently picturesque, the vivid colours of which were in harmony with that of the _serape_ on which the traveller was reclining.
Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850
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China crape round their waists, the ends dangling adown the left hip, terminating in a fringe of gold cord; on their heads _sombreros_ with broad brim, and band of bullion -- the _toquilla_.
The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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This canton is noted for the many resident artisans that manufacture a variety of crafts out of toquilla palm fronds (from which the mis-named 'Panama' hats are made) and tagua (tagua nut, sometimes known as 'vegetable ivory').
Kiva Loans 2010
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El banco comunal Nueva Ciudad Alfaro se reúne en la bella tierra de Montecristi en la provincia de Manabí rodeada de los más bellos paisajes y playas de la región, este cantón se caracteriza por que en el habitan muchos artesanos dedicados a la fabricación de una variedad de artesanía en paja toquilla y tagua.
Kiva Loans 2010
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This canton is noted for the many resident artisans that manufacture a variety of crafts out of toquilla palm fronds (from which the mis-named 'Panama' hats are made) and tagua (tagua nut, sometimes known as 'vegetable ivory').
Kiva Loans 2010
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