A fine Taino stone celt, ca. 7th - 15th century CE Sculpture - Metal a granite relief fragment finely

a granite relief fragment finely carved in six registers

but still remains in the incision

" The oxyrhynchus is closely associated with the god Osiris

the flat base uninscribed

Tutankhamun stands in the center and is wearing the Atef crown

A fine Taino stone celt, ca. 7th - 15th century CE Sculpture - Metal a granite relief fragment finelyCrafted with precision, this sizeable Taino celt boasts a meticulously hand polished surface. The most numerous category of polished stone sculpture emerging from the Tano world of the ancestral Caribbean islands are ceremonial axes and blades, which take many forms and may have been an important medium of exchange. Ceremonial blades made of different types of greenstone, both local and imported, have been recovered in large numbers. These axes, known