Duho (Ceremonial Seat)
Returned to lender
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Este banquito en forma de una figura reptil, quizás una tortuga, podría haber funcionado como asiento portátil. Hubiera sido un símbolo importante del poder político tanto por su material valioso de piedra verde como las referencias mitológicas codificadas en las imágenes de animales y diseños geométricos incisos.
This small seat in the form of a reptilian figure, perhaps a turtle, might have functioned as a portable bench. Composed of valuable greenstone and featuring a mythological reference encoded in the geometric designs, it would have been an important symbol of political power.
Este banquito en forma de una figura reptil, quizás una tortuga, podría haber funcionado como asiento portátil. Hubiera sido un símbolo importante del poder político tanto por su material valioso de piedra verde como las referencias mitológicas codificadas en las imágenes de animales y diseños geométricos incisos.
This small seat in the form of a reptilian figure, perhaps a turtle, might have functioned as a portable bench. Composed of valuable greenstone and featuring a mythological reference encoded in the geometric designs, it would have been an important symbol of political power.
Artwork Details
- Title: Duho (Ceremonial Seat)
- Date: 11th–15th century
- Geography: Puerto Rico, Caribbean
- Culture: Taíno
- Medium: Stone
- Dimensions: H. 9 13/16 × W. 6 5/16 × D. 11 13/16 in. (25 × 16 × 30 cm)
- Classification: Wood-Sculpture
- Credit Line: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of George Latimer, 1869
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing