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Large Figural Axe with Engraving
Large Figural Axe with Engraving
Large Figural Axe with Engraving

Taino

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Large Figural Axe with Engraving, 900 - 1400 CE

On view

Black stone
Dimensions13 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1 in. (34.3 × 14 × 2.5 cm)
Gift of Carol Ross, 2011.263
The Taino, who populated the islands of the Caribbean, were amongst the first indigenous people to meet Spanish explorers. When Christopher Columbus landed on Hispaniola in 1492, the native inhabitants of the island identified themselves as Tainos—a term that meant “good,” “prudent,” or “noble.”

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