Wooden Taíno stool (1186 – 1273).The stool is 11cm high, 35.5cm long and 20cm wide. The inscription
Wooden Taíno stool (1186 – 1273).The stool is 11cm high, 35.5cm long and 20cm wide. The inscriptionreads:This stool was found in a cave in the Island of Eleuthera Bahamas,about the year 1890 by James Thompson, a slave and purchased of himby Theo[philus]s Pugh Wes. Miss[issippi]y in 1835. It is supposed tobe eithers piece of the domestic furniture of the Indians or one oftheir Gods.It is at least 300 years old.1850 -- source link
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