Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20 Sep 2023
A Taino zemi head
A Taino zemi head
Caribbean, circa 1200 - 1500 AD
stone, with large sunken eyes and a wide open mouth,
18cm high,
two Taino stone figures, Caribbean, circa 1200 - 1500 AD, 16.5cm and 18.5cm high, a Taino pottery manatee bowl, 16cm long, and a Taino fish bone necklace, circa 1100 AD. (5)
Provenance
Head, figures and bowl - Bonhams, London, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art, 8 April 1997, lots 142, 143, 144, 145.
Necklace - Howard Nowes, New York.