This piece is full of content: Charrière is well known for using radiation in his photographic process. Coconut trees are sort of original globalists: to propagate their genes, their seeds are adapted to float on ocean currents to new landmasses. Encasing coconuts in lead is an absurdly human intervention. One can imagine a nation or community protecting the genes of the beloved coconut from radiation while absurdly stripping the seed from its ingenious functionality.