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

This basket measures about 4

For each color of cloth that you see there is a piece of cloth of that color sewn into the Mola

FAIR TRADE ARTISAN CRAFTED: TraderBrock’s Baskets are handwoven by skilled artisan women in Panama using the two traditional coil weaving technique commonly known as Silk Stitching or Rib Stitched

While there are two photos this is one mola

Wounaan Indian Poison Dart Frog Tagua Nut Carving Retro wall art This basket measures about 4The 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