Large Taino Stone Spherolith / Ball
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Description
Pre-Columbian, Caribbean, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved stone spherolith of mottled dark gray and dark green hues. Stone spheres like this one are found in burials of the Ciboney and Taino people. Ball courts have been found in parts of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, where a Mesoamerican ballgame was played with a rubber ball. It is possible that this stone ball was a votive object or trophy for the ball game. Given its orb-like appearance, scholars have also suggested that it may have been created to symbolize the sun or another celestial body. Size: 3.65" Diameter (9.3 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 2000 to 2010; ex-Bob Dowling collection, San Francisco, California, USA
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#184565
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 2000 to 2010; ex-Bob Dowling collection, San Francisco, California, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#184565
Condition
Minor fissures across one area, with light abrasions, otherwise intact and very good. Nice surface smoothness throughout. Previous inventory label on verso.
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Large Taino Stone Spherolith / Ball
Estimate $600 - $900
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Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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