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TitleZemi (back)

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureTaino peoples

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1515

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsWood, cotton, shell, glass beads, and mirrors

LocationMuseo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini, Rome

Accession numberMPE 4190

SubjectsTaino sculptureDevotional objects

StatusBelieved to have been created on the island of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and Dominican Republic)

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The Black Hand: Notes on the African Presence in the Visual Arts of Brazil and the Caribbean

Edward J. Sullivan

The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820

The Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini in Rome houses one of the most compelling and enigmatic objects of Caribbean art from the earliest years of the colonial era...

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Edward J. Sullivan

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.39-56

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00264.004

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Chapter subject tags:Araújo, Emanoel, 1940-Thomas, Robert FarrisAfricans in artLatin America--Civilization--African influencesArtists, Black

Chapter 6: The Americas (1400–1600)

Norman Vorano and Dana Leibsohn and Barbara E. Mundy

History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture 1400–2000

Imagine a snapshot of North America around the year 1400. Millions of people live on the continent—individuals, families, clans, communities, and nations...

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Norman Vorano and Dana Leibsohn and Barbara E. Mundy

PublisherBard Graduate Center

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.117-141

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00219.006

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Chapter subject tags:Indigenous peoples--North AmericaIndigenous peoples--North America--Rites and ceremoniesIndigenous peoples--North America--Social life and customsArt, Ancient AmericanArchaeoastronomyEarthworks (Archaeology)Indigenous peoples--Central AmericaIndigenous peoples--South AmericaIndigenous peoples--Religion

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