PRE COLUMBIAN TAINO EMBOSSED PETALOID CELT

Taino. Embossed petaloid celt with full Anthropic figure and mask. The top figure’s head is reversed, looking backward, a relatively common Taino design element unique to Taino art. The human like form is well embedded in high relief. Small Incised bird-like figures are Incised under rib cage. The face is in low relief but still embossed. Eye and mouth margins are defined. Purchased Brimfield Mass. Roberts Collection. Author “Taino Sculpture Art of the Gods” and “Taino Hallucinogenic Implements Inhaling the Cosmic Dust”. Comes with metal museum mount. A very busy ax form maybe from semi translucent marble. Celt measures about 8 1/4 X 2 1/2 inches. This lot has a reserve.