Duho With Sculptured Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1869
name: label: Collector
content: George Latimer
label: Donor Name
content: George Latimer
notes: label: Notes
content: Zoomorphic, high back stone seat represents a reptile, probably a turtle. Band on the high back depicts three fertilized uterus phosphenes framed within the four cardinal directions. The one in the middle, which has a triangle above, resembles the Mesoamerican Solar Year symbol of Teotihuacan and Mixtec Codices. Design is related to CRC wooden seats A140491 from Maracayo Cave in Camuy, Puerto Rico and A142434 from the Dominican Republic.
label: Notes
content: Small greenstone effigy stone seat, or duho, featuring the head of a reptilian creature, perhaps a turtle, and incised designs on the upper portion.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Classic Taino
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001534
label: USNM Number
content: A17076-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stool