Integrating the old world into the new: an ‘idol from the West Indies’

The Pigorini cemí is an icon of Caribbean colonial history, reflecting early trans-Atlantic cross-cultural exchanges. Although well documented, the piece has received surprisingly little systematic study. We present the first structural analysis and radiocarbon dating of the sculpture (modelled at A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ostapkowicz, J, Brock, F, Wiedenhoeft, A, Schulting, R, Saviola, D
Format: Journal article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017