Vintage Wounaan Indian Dyed Frog Tagua Carving Animal wall decor 5" Height x 4

5" Height x 4

3" Height x 4

This basket measures about 11" tall and 42" circumference

TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN: Molas are hand-made using a reverse appliqué technique using several layers of different colored cloth

Vintage Wounaan Indian Dyed Frog Tagua Carving Animal wall decor 5" Height x 4The Tagua Story Tagua (tgw) is the seed of several types of palms that grow in tropical rain forests, also called ivory nut or vegetable ivory. From the Darien Choco region of Panama, the indigenous Wounaan people carve the tagua with hand tools and polish with a series of fine abrasives. The natural color of tagua is ivory white with a dark brown skin while other colors are produced by dyeing the tagua with all natural dyes. Income earned from the