Duho or seat made from a single piece of wood, representing an anthropomorphic figure with sculptured head and engraved geometric designs on the back, used for the cohoba ritual. The …

This seat is one of two Taíno seats called Duho in the British Museum that were originally found on the island of Hispaniola. The other is also modelled anthropomorphically on a man, but in …

Duhos Duho, Haiti, Taino, Taino Museum Info: Duhos - Ritual Seat This wooden seat was used by chiefs in the Caribbean Taino culture during ceremonial communication with the spirit world.

Duho. Ceremonial seat used by warlords to preside over the ceremonies and rituals. Totem "God of Snuff." This figure was used as funerary urn for major characters and loved ones of the …

The piece epitomizes the duho style found north of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, the Taíno heartland, in the islands of the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos; it is a local variant, handiwork …

Ritual seat (duho) sculpted from the dense tropical hardwood guayacan, in the form of a powerful male figure crouching on all fours. The eyes, mouth and shoulders are inlaid with gold. The …

Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank: [0:19] This is what’s known as a duho, a type of seat that is often low to the ground. The one that we’re looking at has an anthropomorphic or zoomorphic face on …

Title: Duho (Ceremonial Seat) Date: 11th–15th century. Geography: Puerto Rico, Caribbean. Culture: Taíno. Medium: Stone. Dimensions: H. 9 13/16 × W. 6 5/16 × D. 11 13/16 in. (25 × 16 …

2017年9月12日 · Wooden four-legged stool carved in anthropomorphic form and inlaid with gold; called duho. Image credits: British Museum. The wood of the duho - smooth and perfect - …

2022年11月12日 · Figure \(\PageIndex{8}\): Taíno artist, Duho, 1292–1399, wood and gold, 44 x 22 x 16.5 cm (The British Museum) Duhos are ceremonial seats fashioned out of stone or …