kisslovegoodbye:Taino Vase, 1000-1500 AP. J.-C. The heart-shaped vessel, potiza, with rounded,
kisslovegoodbye:Taino Vase, 1000-1500 AP. J.-C. The heart-shaped vessel, potiza, with rounded, mammelate shoulders tapering downward to a circular, flat base with a phallus-shaped spout emanating from the center. For a similar example, see Bercht, F. et al., Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean, New York, 1997, p. 47, pl. 29.It is postulated that such large-scale vessels were water containers. This specific category of ceramic container are among the most creative amalgams of male and female eroticism in Pre-Columbian art. The Taíno were an Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico. Courtesy: Christie’s -- source link