DESCRIPTION/EXPERTISE The Taíno were part of a complex mosaic of native cultures inhabiting the islands of the Caribbean. The Taíno were the first indigenous people of the westen hemisphere to meet Spanish explorers. When Christopher Columbus landed on Hispaniola, the island which is nowadays Haiti and The Dominican Republic, in 1492, the native inhabitants of the island identified themselves as Taínos – a term meaning ‘good’, ‘prudent’ or ‘noble’.
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SIZE 5,6cm high – 3,1cm wide – 1,1cm depth
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Expertly mounted All dimensions are without the mounting Object collected in Dominican Republic and incorporated in European collection at beginning of the 1960’s.