Chiguiro rodent – Carved wood piece

The Maloka Baru indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest, Macedonia reserve, make decor handicrafts by recycling palo sangre wood, a remarkable fine species of wood with a natural reddish finish. The capybara rodent, also called chiguiro, is an Amazon native critter; the artisans carve the chiguiro figure to generate concern about the risk of the endangered species. Dimensions: 12 cm length.