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TAINO PRECOLUMBIAN BONE ANTHROPIC EFFIGY

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TAINO PRECOLUMBIAN BONE ANTHROPIC EFFIGY
Taino. PreColumbian. Exceptional bone, Anthropic effigy (cemi). An interesting design format with a well defined dental battery rather than gaping mouth. As we know the teeth represents an open mouth. Considering this switch we have the standard cohoba drug pose round eyes, opened mouth full of teeth,hands on knees and sitting. This is probably the carving of an ancestor as a large majority of Taino art is considered physical prompts for ancestor worship or spiritual inquiry. Manatee bone. Length 3.4 inches. Taino Culture c.600-1500AD. Greater Antilles. Private collection. This lot has a reserve.