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Conch shell internal part, named columela, with spires attached which were used as scrappers. As scrapper they were used for…
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The central inner part of gasteropods like Strombus giga was used to make tools like points. Here is the end…
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Silex stones were broken into massive chunks which were then shaped into prismatic cores from witch blades were later chipped…
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This vessels were manufactured to contain meals. Meals were cooked with meat, corn, tuber etc.. The meals were a mixture…
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The society of the Taino who made ceramic vessels which style the archaeologist called chicoide, emerged as a continuation of…
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Double bodied pot with incised decoration and lateral handles with anthropomorphic representation half bat half human from Chicoide style. The…
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This is a boat shaped earthenware pot with bilateral anthropomorphic handles and incised decoration below the rim. This one is…
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Earliest Caribbean farmers originated in the Orinocoan – Amazonian rain – forest areas. The societies who developed through time as…
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Possibly fishers and collectors had acquired the knowledge to make earthenware and thus developed simple forms. The first well made…
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Ceramic bottle as a mixture of Chican and ostionoid style. This bottle is representing the divisions of the Taino universe…
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A frog effigy vessel from Taino culture. This culture had its origins in Northern south America. In the impoverished fauna…
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Zemies represented deities and each social group could choose their own zemies. There could exist rivalries among the various zemies.…
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The first triangular three pointers existed in stone and shell and were small and undecorated. They date from the first…
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Zoomorphic representation of a small zemi. An animist conception of nature is characteristic for indigenous beliefs. Human traits are attributed…
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The indigenes elaborated cups using shells. The rounded form of the Charonia variegata gives a good possibility to make a…
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Wood was used for making many things which went from ceremonial to household artifacts, canoes for transportation and houses. One…
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The indigenous people had no nails, no screws, no sticky tape, and no good glue, so they used string and…
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The stone was first battered into general shape with irregular, discoidal or rectangular hammergrinder. Then it was pecked to create…
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This shell scraper was a part of the bivalve codakia orbicularis. This was utilized in natural shape, taking advantage of…
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Human skull decorated with reptilian figure representing a lizard. Shamans were individuals incharge of communicating with the gods, in order…
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The conventionized image is that of a frog with fore and hindlegs bent inwards, as if preparing to jump. In…
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Part of an Shell bracelet manufactured from a shell of the ´Strombidae family. This family is composed of several genera…
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Spoon made of bone with anthropomorphic decoration. This artefact was part of the Cohoba ceremony helping to transfer the ground…
