All natural slices of tagua nut plaques are are hand carved and strung on elastic in various designs for a striking unrefined look. No piece is identical.
South Americans have been knitting for thousands of years, but it was a Peace Corps project in the 1960’s that got the modern industry off the ground.
“Minga” is a Quichua word that represents the idea of a collective work effort and expresses the indigenous society’s value of reciprocity.