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figa pau brasil – 2

The figa pau brasil – 2 is made from brazilwood, caesalpinia echinata, a common plant that likely gave its name to Brazil.

This figa pau brasil – 2 measures approximately 3 cm in length and weighs about 2 grams.

About the figa: The figa may have various origins and explanations, but regardless of culture, it shares a series of common characteristics as a symbol. Originating from an obscene and rude gesture that simultaneously represents the male gland and the vulva, it was used to reject proposals or ideas and offend others. Due to its obscenity and rudeness, this symbol came to be used to repel 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 warding off evil spirits, the evil eye, envy, and jealousy.