Accession No
1936.226
Description
Three-pointer or trigonolito of a zemi, an ancestral spirit. Carved from stone in the form of an anthropomorphic figure; his head is carved at the apex, with his mouth and eyes carved wide, and he is depicted sat with his heads held forwards out on his knees, with details carved on the reverse. Slightly concave base.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; ?Santo Domingo; ?Puerto Rico
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Taino
Source
Raffles Museum [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.226
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Z emi
Measurements
240mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
Original catalogue card has in Louis C.G. Clarke handwriting: 'Undoubtedly Greater Antilles', and then in G.H.S. Bushnell's handwriting: 'Puerto Rico or E. end of Santo Domingo'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Ground; Human Figure.
Event Date 1936
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Three-pointed stone.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Annual Report: 'Three-cornered stone, zemi.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Stone - three cornered "Zemi".'
Event Date 1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in Louis Clarke's hand reads: 'See [T.A.] Joyce, Central American [and West Indian] Archaeology, Plate XVII'
Event Date 1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Bushnell, G. H. S. (1965). Ancient arts of the Americas. London: Thames and Hudson, p. 256, fig. 248.
Event Date 1965
Author: Esther Laver
Context (Display)
Exhibited: Leicester Museum Caribbean Exhibition 1986 to 1986
Event Date 1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Display)
Exhibited: Maudslay Gallery West Indies Case until 1986
Event Date 1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Display)
Exhibited: Andrews Gallery, 'The Americas 1492', 15 June 1992 to 24 September 1994.
Event Date 15/6/1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Stone carving of a what could as easily be a monkey, with hands forward on feet and tail curled round behind.
Event Date 19/8/2003
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Three-pointer or trigonolito of a zemi, an ancestral spirit. Carved from stone in the form of an anthropomorphic figure; his head is carved at the apex, with his mouth and eyes carved wide, and he is depicted sat with his heads held forwards out on his knees, with details carved on the reverse. Slightly concave base.
Event Date 6/6/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:137847
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