Wounaan Indian Dolphin Tagua Carving bird The Mola is a hand-made

The Mola is a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the indigenous Guna people from Panamá

The size of the head led me to think it was a man

NATURALLY SOURCED MATERIALS: Panamanian Baskets are handcrafted from a variety of reeds and Chunga the fiber of the black palm

But the very best carvers are in panama

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Wounaan Indian Dolphin Tagua Carving bird The Mola is a hand-madeThe 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