Wounaan Frog with Tail Tagua Nut Hand Carved bowl This fellow is rather thin

This fellow is rather thin and could be turned into a pendant

WHAT IS A MOLA

The original designs usually portray life in the village

The color is mostly orange or reddish-brown

It depicts a Mermaid standing at attention

Wounaan Frog with Tail Tagua Nut Hand Carved bowl This fellow is rather thinThe 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