Ancient Wooden Seat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1877
name: label: Donor Name
content: Prof David R. Frith
notes: label: Notes
content: Stool/seat or duho made from guayacan wood (Guaiacum sp.) comes from Cave Blue Hills. North Caicos. C-14 absolute date 1407-1445 (95.4%). Band with three Capa Eye Symbols, one missing, with double spirals. Western Taino.
label: Notes
content: Reference: Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2015, "Either a Piece of Domestic Furniture of the Indians or one of Their Gods: The Study of Lucayan duhos," Journal of Caribbean Archaeology Special Publication 4:62-101.
label: Notes
content: Stool/seat or duho made from guayacan wood (Guaiacum sp.); zoomorphic zemi (ancestor or deity) head protruding from the front. The hammock-shaped seat contains incised designs of circular and s-shaped motifs across the surface of the seat.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: North Caicos, Turks, Turks & Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Classic Taino
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005658
label: USNM Number
content: A30052-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stool