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Taíno Figures Replicas

TAÍNO CLAY FIGURINES Indigenous Taíno people were the largest group inhabiting the Caribbean isl...

TAÍNO CLAY FIGURINES Indigenous Taíno people were the largest group inhabiting the Caribbean islands at the time of European contact in 1492. Their territory extended from Venezuela to Florida including the Bahamas, being Cuba, La Hispañola and Puerto Rico the most populated territories. By 1550 the Taíno were almost extinct due to illnesses brought to their territories by Spanish colonizers, however, their art and vocabulary survived being kept alive by ‘mestizo’ descendants. These Taíno a...