ID: 700008868 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008868	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Duho with Sculpted Ornament (duho; unknown Taino; Pre-Colombian; National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC, United S...; A17076-0)

Note: High backed stone stool with zoomorphic design that depicts a reptile, most likely a turtle. On a band on the high back three fertilized uterus phosphenes framed within the four cardinal directions. The central one that has a triangle above it resembles the Mesoamerican Solar Year symbol of Teotihuacan and Mixtec Codices.

Titles:

Duho with Sculpted Ornament (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

duho [300404167] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, seating furniture, single seating furniture, chairs (furniture forms), <chairs by function>, ceremonial chairs)

Classifications:

archaeological materials (preferred)

Creation Date: Pre-Colombian

Creator Display:

unknown Taino [preferred]

unknown Taino (Taino cultural designation) [500204334]

Locations:

Discovery: Puerto Rico [7004643] North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC, United States) [500311469] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: A17076-0

Credit Line: Donated by George Latimer

Display Materials: stone

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Taino (preferred)

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	turtles, tortoises, terrapins [300310226]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Reptilia (class)) (AAT)

	fertility [300379149]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Duho with Sculpted Ornament	........ [VP]
	........ Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [online] (2016-) accessed 3 February 2016

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [online] (2016-) accessed 4 February 2016