Wounaan Indian Poison Dart Frog Tagua Nut Carving flower Traditional Coil Construction

Traditional Coil Construction

are two Plate Baskets alike

Plate Baskets made by the Wounaan and Embera artisans from Panama with a one-of-a-kind handwoven design

19”Circumference

Bunny's smile

Wounaan Indian Poison Dart Frog Tagua Nut Carving flower Traditional Coil ConstructionThe 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