Wounaan Indian Poison Dart Frog Tagua Nut Carving table art This basket measures about 4

This basket measures about 4

and Ngäbe

It is perhaps 2" deep on a gradual slope

and aspirations into their carvings

Vintage Hand-Woven Home Decor Basket

Wounaan Indian Poison Dart Frog Tagua Nut Carving table art This basket measures about 4Tagua (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 sale of tagua