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Ceramic Vessel

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This wooden seat was used by chiefs in the Caribbean Taino culture during ceremonial communication with the spirit world. It is sculpted from the dense tropical hardwood guayacan (Guaiacum officinale) and is in the form of a powerful male figure crouching on all fours. When Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492, much of the Caribbean was…

Fragment of ceramic vessel that shows a zoomorphic decoration applied just under the rim of the bowl. It represents the head and arm of a batrachian, interpreted as a frog. This animal figures the woman in South American indigenous mythology. The style suggests that this fragment belongs to the Meillacoide culture, distributed through the northern…

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.

Fragment of ceramic vessel that shows an anthropomorphic figure. It represents both eyes and a double nose which can also be seen upside down. It is a dual face representing the double EGO. Dualism is a quintessentially Amerindian conception and it appears in most of the Caribbean cultures.

The “small faces” frequently appear as handles of ceramic vessels. They represent zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures, sometimes accompanied by smaller arms and legs, while the face was the most important feature. They appear in pairs on both extremes of the vessel. Their style is different in each Amerindian culture; however they exist in all of…

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…

Here is a wooden burial urn decorated with a human figure. We think it is a result of a cultural mix between Indian and African. During the colonial period, as has been reported by the Spaniards, both groups ran away to the highlands to escape bad working conditions and cruel treatment by the Spanish and…

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Ceramic Vessel

Duhos – Ritual Seat

God Deities

Frog

Ceremonial Axes

Anthropomorphic Figure

Small Faces

Stone carved in a oval shape

Mortars

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