""Zemi"" (Deity Figure)
In the ancient Caribbean, the heads of ancestors were objects of devotion, kept in special baskets in the round temples known as bohíos. The head, rather than other bones was kept because the Taíno peoples of the Caribbean believed that spiritual power in the body resided in t...
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Estate of Alex Gordon, New York City; Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Auction 29, Howard S. Rose Gallery, New York City, December 8 2004, lot 155 [1]; purchased by Mr. John A. Stokes, Jr., December 8 2004; given to Walters Art Museum, 2005, [2].[1] ID 1365-64[2] via the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2005.6 |
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