Hand-Carved Wood Frog Figurine with Red Eyes, Dark Green Finish

This frog is carved from a single piece of wood and finished in a deep, dark green. Small red dots mark the eyes, a row of little flower shapes is pressed into the head and back, and the bumpy skin of the back is shaped by hand. The long back legs stretch out in front of the body with each toe cut separately,.

Frogs are a familiar sound in the rice paddies of Thailand and Laos when the rains arrive, and village carvers often turn them into small figures for a shelf or a desk. Grain and paint vary from piece to piece. Keep it indoors and dust it with a dry cloth.

It is one of Naree's picks for Uniquely Thai Lao TV, a good fit for frog collectors.