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.

3 Taino. PreColumbian. Beautiful serpentine petaloid celt. Highly polished celts were thought to a type of currency since they show little to no wear to the bit. Length 8.3. Taino culture. c 600-1500 AD. Probably the Dominican Republic.