Museum Retired Taino Effigy PreColumbian MesoAmerican Shamanic Statue Aztec God

Measuring 5" X 3 1/2" X 1" Museum Retired PreColumbian MesoAmerican Shamanic Tainos Human God Effigy vessel. This is a Rare ORIGINAL Museum retired and Museum excavation numbered Taino effigy sculpture made of pottery that served as a mortar and pestle. This sculpture is carved and molded depicting a likeliness of a man, most likely a God like figure, with big eyes. The Taíno were an indigenous people of the Caribbean. Their spirituality centered on the worship of zemís. A zemí/cemí is a spirit or ancestor. The Taíno society was made up of naborias (commoners) and nitaínos (nobles). The naboria women were highly skilled in agriculture; the people depended on it, and worshiped the zemi god Yucahu, which means spirit of cassava, the Taínos' main crop. This effigy had some damage to it and repairs were made during the Museums excavation. This is a piece that once served a purpose. The pottery itself is soft and very solid. This piece was decommissioned from a museums collection. Taino art is the last unexplored pre Columbian aesthetic, making this very rare and ORIGINAL piece a great addition for any collector.