Featured Seed or nut dangle, Indonesia. Identification help please.

I have this 1930s Djokja/Yogya silver brooch by Hubron Hadi, Java, Indonesia. So far so good.
My question is about the seed or nut dangle. What is it, and why is it there. Protection, good luck? It looks like a miniature coconut to my inexpert eyes.

@Silver Wolf , @Phaik Hooi , I am looking at you two in particular.

Thank you for looking.

 

hello!! you know that i know nothing, right?
oil palm seed to commemorate the first harvest of the plantation?

 

Come on, don't underestimate yourself.

And why not? As good an answer as any I can come up with.
Thanks for taking a look and thinking about it.

 

is it empty inside?it looks like seed,but i don't know what seed it is,i'll search the information.i think it just for decoration,not for protection i think

 

sapindus rarak seed??

 

polished rubber tree seed??

 

i think i found it aj! longan seeds

 

Wonderful, thanks S Wolf.
Apparently longan has many health effects. But someone has already eaten the fruit.
Maybe it was made into a dangle to ensure good health. But that is speculation, of course.

 

do longan exist in netherland?
hmm..i think this is kind of doing creative way to recycle the seeds,and never heard about using longan as amulet here,what about using avocado seed as amulet then?

 

They are imported here. Maybe they are also grown here, we have people who grow lychees, so you never know.

You mean like this?

https://rosaherzberg.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/avocado-seed-art-and-jewelry/

Or would you rather have a whole avocado?


Maybe not, these earrings seem to be shocked at the idea

 

Or would you rather have a whole avocado?


Maybe not, these earrings seem to be shocked at the idea
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whoaah i just realized that there're really someone who make this idea out there,

actually longan it's not lychee aj,longan in indonesia called kelengkeng,but they are from same family,it's abundant here so i think it make sense they trying to recycle the seeds!

 

Just when you think you have a great idea, it has been done before.

I know longan is not lychee but from the same family, which is why I said: Maybe they are also grown here, we have people who grow lychees, so you never know.

I have an old book on Indonesian healing plants etc, I'll see if I can find it there. It also mentions some folk customs, so maybe....

 

Love it!
Love them all!

 

have you ever tried durian kathy?

 

Keep your nose closed when you do.

 

Uhhhhhh, no! Okay, I'll bite. What is it? (Sorry for the double entendre.)

 

Durian is related to jackfruit (nangka). It is big, it stinks, but it tastes good:

 

Ahhhhhh. Yeah; have seen those. And no, probably never!

 

since you have indonesian ancestry,it doesn't suprise you like the durian aj,but not for the rest european

ahahhaha,actually the first time eating this fruit is just like the feeling when we tried to smoke or drink alcohol for the first time it taste weird but you'll get used it and enjoy later

 

Those Indonesian genes have a lot to answer for.