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This is a stone pendent or amulet. The squatting position of this and other amulets has been associated with the…
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Shell of the species Charonia variegata with an orifice at its apex. This shell which is abundant in the waters…
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Taino were able to carve large works of art in stone and other materials. They used tools like chisels made…
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Admiral Christopher Columbus searching for a maritime way to India discovered land that Amerigo Vespucci identified as a continent unknown…
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The first groups that arrived at the island of La Hispaniola were carvers of silex or flint, from which they…
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Perforated shell plaques used for belts. Belts were usually composed of varied elements like beads, animal teeth which were inserted,…
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Duho or seat made from a single piece of wood, representing an anthropomorphic figure with sculptured head and engraved geometric…
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Stone collars are large stone rings. They date approximately from 600 AD to 1500 AD they are artifacts used at…
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The elbow stones are more gracile than the stone collars, it is possible that they represent an evolution of the…
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Celts were tools employed in cutting trees and working wood. They exist in a great variety of forms. Probably each…
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Stone graters were made for grating foodstuff. The most important one was the cassava root. There are two varieties of…
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The Taino liked to adorn their body with paint, jewelry, and other decorative objects. Necklaces were made of stone, shell…
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This jar was for water or fermented corn and similar beverages that were common during festivities like the Areytos. The…
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The net weights were often made of stone found in the rivers which were then dented on both sides only…
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On several petaloide axes, meaning shaped like flower petals, we have seen that the decoration covered the entire piece. It…
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This sculptured stone had an oval shape. An anthropomorphic figure was carved in the stone s upper portion and the…
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The frog was figuring the women and is symbol of fertility. The representation of frog in combination to necklaces was…
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This three pointer was carved from stone and had a triangular shape. It was decorated with a zoomorphic design. It…
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This image represents a chief. Many Taino works of art belong to the chief, the cacique. The Taino culture reached…
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This human figure in red color can be attributed to the Ostionoide culture. We have evidence for several kinds of…
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Many Taino objects are in the shape of turtles, an important animal in Taino creation myths. The female tortoise, a…
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Wood container with owl representation. The owl is a bird of ill omen that announces the proximity of death, and…
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Shard of flat earthenware circular dish for cooking. Manioc was the main crop of the Taino. The roots were grated…
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The Antilles were first settled by small, nomadic groups, perhaps bands of 30 to 100 people, who, arrive approximately 6000…
