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Stone axe

Celts were tools employed in cutting trees and working wood. They exist in a great variety of forms. Probably each aboriginal male adult manufactured his own axe. The shape of the axe was related to the ethnic group and to its use in daily life, in war or in religious ceremonies.

Stone graters were made for grating foodstuff. The most important one was the cassava root. There are two varieties of yucca, a sweet one and a bitter one. The bitter contains an acid substance which intoxicates if eaten raw, and it was with this yucca that the Tainos made the cassava bread. The Spaniards adopted…

The Taino liked to adorn their body with paint, jewelry, and other decorative objects. Necklaces were made of stone, shell or animal teeth. Occasionally extra holes were made on the beads for attaching other ornaments such as feathers. In certain circumstances amulets in the form of a small figure in squatting position were incorporated between…

The Antilles were first settled by small, nomadic groups, perhaps bands of 30 to 100 people, who, arrive approximately 6000 years ago. They lived by hunting, gathering and fishing. Pottery and agriculture were unknown to them. The tools used by these first groups that extended throughout the Antilles were artifacts made of polished stone, mortars,…

Axes were objects with different uses: daily use, for war and for religious purposes. The monolithic axes were manufactured from one piece of stone and show important ornamentation. Generally they were used by high hierarchic groups of the Taino society in magic-religious ceremonies.

This is an artifact similar to several others which have been specifically found in northern Haiti, however their purpose is still unknown. It is a stone which was carved into an oval shape. Its inferior part has four legs and there is a sculpted figure on its front. The stone is a medium to fine…

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Stone pestle with anthropomorphic decoration

Stones pestles carved with human or avian images were used for ceremonial purposes, specifically to grind Cohoba powder. In Taino culture the Cohoba ritual was the most important. The idea was to get in contact with the spirits to obtain from them information about the future and to cure illnesses. The seeds from the tree…

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Stone axe

Stone grater

Necklace of stone beads

Polished stone

Ceremonial Axes

Stone carved in a oval shape

Axes

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Stone pestle with anthropomorphic decoration

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