Wounaan Indian Dolphin Tagua Carving guayaquil RAINFOREST & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: One

RAINFOREST & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: One Tagua palm tree produces enough vegetable ivory to equal that of a female elephant tusk each year

Talk about slow motion

The artist did a fine job including the leaves and berries the bird appears to be eating

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Wounaan Indian Dolphin Tagua Carving guayaquil RAINFOREST & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: OneThe 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