{ "product_name": "Brazilian Rosewood Figa Keychain" }

keychain figa pau brasil The pau brasil figa keychain is made from the wood of the caesalpinia echinata tree, a common plant that likely gave its name to Brazil. This pau brasil figa keychain measures approximately 4.5 cm in length (figa) and weighs about 6 grams. About the figa The figa has several possible origins and explanations, but regardless of culture, it shares a series of common characteristics as a symbol. Originally, the figa represented an obscene and crude gesture that simultaneously symbolized the male and female genitalia, used to reject proposals or ideas and offend others. Due to its obscenity and crudeness, this symbol came to be used to ward off negative energies. In Roman Italy with the mano fica, in Turkey, Ancient Greece, Japan, Russia, and Brazil, this gesture evolved into a protective amulet, transcending time and space to become a symbol for repelling evil spirits, the evil eye, envy, and jealousy.