Those were prized possessions of theirs.” Cuevas’ business, Taíno Trinkets, specializes in Native American jewelry, emphasizing Taíno culture and using materials sourced from Borinken.

Taino leaders were both male and female ... The wood of the duho is native to the Caribbean, and it fascinated the Europeans who encountered it. They called it 'lignum vitae' - the 'wood of ...

This wooden seat known as a duho was sculpted by a Taino artisan. The Taino were one of the pre-European, native peoples of the Caribbean. It is carved in the shape of an ancestor spirit known as ...