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Taino Anthropomorphic Three Pointer Trigonolito

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Taino Anthropomorphic Three Pointer Trigonolito
Taino Anthropomorphic Three Pointer Trigonolito Stone Skull Carving From The Dominican Republic, Ca. 1000 To 1500 A.D. Features A Stylized Anthropomorphic Face That Depicts A Skull-Like Human Face With Circular Sunken Orbits. Carved From A Dense, Hard Stone In The Form of A Skull With Large Eye Sockets, Wide Nose And A Large Mouth. Symmetry Is A Recurring Feature In Taino Art And May Have Had Religious Significance. A Small Sea Shell Fossil Is Imbedded On The Bottom Side If You Zoom Into The Photos. Estimated more than 500 yrs old. Pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents. Many pre-Columbian civilizations established hallmarks which included permanent settlements, cities, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, major earthworks, and complex societal hierarchies. Pre-Columbian art refers to the visual arts of indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, North, Central, and South Americas until the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and the time period marked by Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas. Pre-Columbian art thrived throughout the Americas from at least 13,000 BCE to the European conquests. Many Pre-Columbian cultures did not have writing systems, so visual art expressed cosmologies, world views, religion, and philosophy of these cultures. During the period before and after European exploration and settlement of the Americas, indigenous native cultures produced a wide variety of visual arts, including painting on textiles, hides, rock and cave surfaces, bodies especially faces, ceramics, architectural features including interior murals, wood panels, and other available surfaces. (Wikipedia) For Size And Weight See The Last Photo If Not Written In This Description. All Photos Represent The Lot Condition. Please Read Our Terms And Conditions.