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Description : Pre-Columbian, Dominican Republic, Taino or Ciboney peoples, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A gorgeous, hand-carved black stone petaloid hand axe (sometimes called a celt) that was made to be a ceremonial object - part of a ceremonial hatchet called a manaya. This blade would have been hafted onto a wooden handle (although there are limited examples where the blade and handle are all made from a single piece of stone). The Yoruba African people that the Spanish brought as slaves to the Caribbean found these stones in fields and linked them to the Yoruba deity Shango (sometimes Chango) because of their thunderbolt shape. Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 2.9 W x 9.9 H (7.4 cm x 25.1 cm), 10.125 H (25.7 cm) on included custom stand. For a similar example, please see Taino: Art and Culture from the Caribbean. Museo del Barrio, New York, 1998, fig. 24. Provenance: private Los Angeles County, California, USA collection 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 and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #138658
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