In Arte del
mar, curator James Doyle highlights some of the most fascinating
precolonial objects at the Metropolitan Museum.
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Zemí Cohoba Stand
(9741020 CE), wood and shell (The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York; The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection,
Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979)
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In a small exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, titled
Arte
del mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean, Assistant
Curator James
Doyle showcases some of the rare wooden objects, along with
the intricate gold pieces, fascinating stone stools, and other
objects that have survived over the centuries. He explains what
makes the artistic objects of the Taíno unique, why bats
and other animals are common in the imagery, and what we know
about a civilization that was drastically impacted by the devastation
and genocide of European colonization.
Also, some good news: the run of the exhibition
has been extended until June 27, 2021.
The music for this week's episode is "The Shady Road"
by artist B. Wurtz. His debut album, Some
Songs, will be released on October 16 by Hen House Studios.
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A view of the entrance
to the Arte del mar exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum
(photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
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Left, a marble pedestal
bowl (9th10th century CE) from the Ulúa Valley,
Honduras), and, right, a ceramic alligator incense burner
(7th12th century CE) from Costa Rica or Nicaragua,
and the reflection of curator James Doyle at this exhibition
(photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
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A ceramic double-tiered
jar (3rd4th century CE) in the Tonosi-style, Panama
(photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
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Two three-pointed Zemí
(Trigonolito) in the exhibition. Both objects date to the
1016th centuries CE, made of stone, and from present-day
Puerto Rico. (photo courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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The two stone objects
on the left are believed to be effigy belts or collars and
date to the 11th15th century CE. They are both from
present-day Puerto Rico. (photo courtesy the Metropolitan
Museum of Art)
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Left, a stone flying
panel "metate" (1st5th century CE) from
the central region of Costa Rica, and, right, Wildfredo
Lam's "Rumbling of the East (Rumor de la tierrra):
1950 (photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
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