HARDWARE DESCRIPTION Once used extensively for plain and fancy buttons before the advent of plastics, the ivory of the Tagua compares very favorably with real animal ivory. It looks like ivory, feels like ivory, is as strong as ivory and even yellows with age as does real ivory. What makes it absolutely guilt-free is that it comes from a palm tree, helps rain forest communities by providing employment of harvesters and skilled artisans and is both humane and legal. Providence calls its new ivory line, aptly, the Ivory of Tagua Collection. There are a dozen shapes to choose from and, since they are truly hand-carved, no two pieces are exactly alike. They are in stock now for immediate delivery.