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.

8 Taino, PreColumbian. An excellent monolithic bird ax with a finely carved bird. The grey looking streaks are part of the stones structure and not damage. Possibly carried during religious ceremonies as a clan representative. Made of magnetite. Length 8.4” Taino Culture. c600-1500AD. Dominican Republic.