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.
2 Taino Culture. PreColumbian. Monumental Taino ax, primitive Anthropic figure. Large round face nominates the celt with secondary legs forming an abstract face. Basalt. Length 12.5” Taino Culture. c600-1500 AD. Hispaniola