GR-L South Aegean
Kalymnos natural honeycomb sponge, unbleached, 12 to 14 cm
Σφουγγάρι Καλύμνου
An unbleached natural honeycomb sea sponge, 12 to 14 cm, from the processors of Pothia on Kalymnos, the sponge divers’ island. Sold only with harvest-area paperwork.
Price when it opens €24.00
Being verified
Not for sale yet. The record below is public, but the supplier is not signed and documented. If we cannot prove it, we do not sell it.
Includes 24% Greek VAT.
Ships to Greece: €3.90, 1 to 3 working days. Shipping and duties
Origin record πίναξ
- Where
- Pothia, Kalymnos, South Aegean, GR-L
- How
- Harvested, cleaned and trimmed by a Pothia processor, not bleached
- Protected
- No protected status. Origin based on supplier audit and harvest-area paperwork.
- Maker
- [partner to be sourced]
- Fake test
- Bright yellow means bleached; unbleached brown is least processed. Imported stock exists on the island, so ask for harvest-area paperwork. Source: visitgreece.gr (opens in a new tab)
Full record
- Material
- Natural honeycomb sea sponge, unbleached
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- VAT class
- 24% standard rate
- Ships to
- Ships to Greece. Open zones: Greece, European Union, US and Canada.Light and unbreakable. Greece, EU, US and Canada, duties paid outside the EU. No Australia until a BICON check (marine products). UK after our UK VAT registration.
- Compliance
- Harvest-area paperwork held for every batch.
- Sources
- Status
- Being verified The record is public. The sale opens once a documented supplier is signed.
- SKU
- PX-SPG-KAL
Illustration of the object and its place, not a photograph of a named maker.
The address
South Aegean Νότιο Αιγαίο
The Cyclades and the Dodecanese. PINAX avoids the summer-island picture and lists three islands only for their work.
About this object
What it is
A natural honeycomb sea sponge, 12 to 14 cm across, left unbleached. The brown colour is the sign of the least processing; bright yellow sponges have been bleached.
Where and how it is made
Pothia, Kalymnos, South Aegean (GR-L). Kalymnos is historically the sponge divers’ island. In the 1980s most sponges in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean were found infected, a loss blamed on pollution, and the sponge-diving fleet shrank from about 30 boats to 4. Several workshops in Pothia still sell sponges.
How to use it
Soak in warm water until soft, then use it in the bath or for washing. Rinse well after each use and let it dry in the air.
What we have not verified yet
No processor is signed. Maker: [partner to be sourced]. Imported sponges are sold on the island too, so we will buy only with harvest-area paperwork and state the harvest area on the record. A cited retailer sells a similar sponge for €22.00. It is light and unbreakable, but it does not ship to Australia until a BICON check on marine products.
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