A fine Taino stone celt, ca. 7th - 15th century CE Sculpture - Metal the flat base uninscribed

the flat base uninscribed

" The oxyrhynchus is closely associated with the god Osiris

and framed by a pair of long pendulous earlobes beneath hair neatly arranged in tight snail-shell curls over a subtle ushnisha

but still remains in the incision

a granite relief fragment finely carved in six registers

A fine Taino stone celt, ca. 7th - 15th century CE Sculpture - Metal the flat base uninscribedCrafted with precision, this sizeable Taino celt boasts a meticulously hand polished surface. The most numerous category of polished stone sculpture emerging from the Tano world of the ancestral Caribbean islands are ceremonial axes and blades, which take many forms and may have been an important medium of exchange. Ceremonial blades made of different types of greenstone, both local and imported, have been recovered in large numbers. These axes, known