From the collection of Alfredo Carrada, a familiar name among dedicated Taino collectors. The axes represented here come from years of collecting, pursuing galleries, auctions, and dealing with numerous PreColumbian dealers in New York and Miami. He also made personal visits to Hispaniola to expand his collection. Co Author of “Taino Hallucinogenic Implements, Inhaling the Cosmic Dust”. Now well into retirement he has decided to disperse his collection.

Taino. PreColumbian. Peculiar ax form with zoomorphic creature on top, that is actually a zoomorphic form, the back end forming an additional zoomorphic face incorporating the hole as an eye. An addition abstract face appears at the center of the ax. Basalt. Length 6.3” Taino Culture. c600-1500AD. Hispaniola.