Trigonolite, Centro Leon, Santiago de los Caballeros

Trigonolite, a cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, used for obtaining good fortune or fertility from the spirits, from Cumaysa, 350-1500 AD, in the form of a snake, linked to yucca production, on loan from the Altos de Chavon Regional Archaeological Museum, exhibited in the Centro Leon, or the Centro Cultural Eduardo Leon Jimenes, a museum housing a collection of Dominican art from the 20th century, in Santiago de los Caballeros, known as Santiago, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum houses displays on Dominican art and culture, biodiversity, photography and Taino history, along with temporary exhibitions. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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