April 23, 2024
Wounaan Embera Tagua Dolphin Carving-Panama 3.91242
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Wounaan Embera Tagua Dolphin Carving-Panama 3.91242Folks, what we have here is a magnificent dolphin tagua carving from Panama. It is signed by the artist on the bottom. One of the greatest pleasures of fishing in the Bay of Panama is watching the dolphins. They like to run along side your boat. Occasionally we see a whale.The Tagua StoryThroughout Panama, Ecuador, and much of Central and South America, native artists create beautiful works of art from "vegatable ivory", the tagua nut. The tree from which it falls, the Ivory Nut Palm, grows primarily in the Central American Rainforest.The nuts, when dried, are able to be carved into beautiful ivory-like sculptures. The durability of the tagua and it's similarity to animal's ivory has been known for a long time. The local artists sometimes leave them in their natural off-white color, and sometimes color them with delicate painting or inking with special inks. Regardless, they are always beautiful.Imagine what goes on in the mind of one of these artists as they look at the nut for the first time and try to visualize what this small stone looking nut will become. Will it be a spider? A lizard? Perhaps a fish, a butterfly, or a bear? Whatever is decided, the artist begins to remove the excess material as the sculpture begins to reveal itself. The detail and accuracy of these tagua items
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