Carved in a volcanic stone in the shape of stylized birds, such pilars come from the Greater Antilles (maybe from today Dominican Republic) where Taíno culture flourished from 800 to 1520. They would have been used to grind the ingredients for ritual preparations, probably substances of magical-religious character. To learn more on Taíno culture, read […]
30 October 2020Museum at Home
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Tiki of the Marquesas Islands
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A unique “mahen yafe” head
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A statuette of the Gazelle Peninsula
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A Celtic head
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An anthropomorphic stela
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A Berber necklace
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A bronze horse
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A wooden bowl from the Admiralty Islands
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Golden pectoral “marangga”
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An impressive We mask
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Bilishoi, the ancestral hero
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A Lime Spatula from Papua New Guinea