Vintage Wounaan Indian Poison Dart Frog Tagua Carving African Art brown and white

brown and white

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the indigenous Wounaan people carve the tagua with hand tools and polish with a series of fine abrasives

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Vintage Wounaan Indian Poison Dart Frog Tagua Carving African Art brown and whiteThe 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