Wounaan Indian Elephant Ear Leaves Tagua Carving hand woven The quality and beauty of

The quality and beauty of these lovely Masks have delighted buyers all over the world

It depicts two fellows riding the back of a turtle

This results in Plate Baskets in a range of colors and designs

Originating from ancient body paintings

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Wounaan Indian Elephant Ear Leaves Tagua Carving hand woven The quality and beauty ofThe 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