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TAINO SERPENTINE ANCESTRAL SKULL

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Item Details

Description

Taino carved stone ancestral head; of strikingly stylized skull-form; circa A.D. 1000-1500

Provenance:
Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican Chronicle
Collection of Alfredo Carrada, co-author of Taino Hallucinogenic Implements: Inhaling the Cosmic Dust, acquired from the above in 1989; H: 4 3/4"

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TAINO SERPENTINE ANCESTRAL SKULL

Name: TAINO SERPENTINE ANCESTRAL SKULL
SKU: 76161571
Price: 550 USD
Availability: InStock

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