Taino Stone Mask
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Taino Stone Mask. Masks or portraits evolved from the keeping of skulls of ancestors. They were considered alive and able to transfer important knowledge when prayed to under the guidance of cohoba, the hallucinogenic directive. This piece has a very complex arrangement of symbols on the forehead including characterized bird heads and water idioms. Eye and mouth ridges surround deep eye sockets and mouth. Made of a rich green spotted serpentine. Size: 3.75'' x 3'' x 1.75'' (10 x 8 x 4 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: Art of the Gods.
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Taino Stone Mask
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