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.

7Taino. PreColumbian. Anthropic ax form with peculiar topknot. Well defined face with strong eye surrounds and nice toothy smirk. A large collar drapes from the shoulders. Made from a fine grained hard stone. Length 6.5” Taino Culture c 600-1500 AD. Hispaniola.