Trigonolite, Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos
Trigonolite, a 3-pointed cult object like a zemi, housing the spirit of a god or ancestral spirit, found especially in the East of Hispaniola and thought to be related to rituals of manioc farming and rain, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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