Cemí (or Zemí), image of divinity
Location: Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)
Dating: 16th century
Material / Technique: Wood, cotton, shell, gold, seeds, glass paste and mirrors, rhinoceros’ horn
Collection / Inventory: Museum of Civilizations, Rome. INV. No. MPE 4190
Provenance: Taino culture of Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic). First documentation in the collection of Ferdinando Cospi (1677-1680). Arrived in the Royal National Prehistoric and Ethnographic Museum of Rome in 1878 from the Museum of Antiquities of the Royal University of Bologna.
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