In Taino mythology, Guabancex is the goddess of hurricanes.
See full size image Caney: Dwelling used by the general
Tainos

Bohio: Dwelling used by the Cheifs.
This later one was generally
rectangular shape and with a balcony.
It was also more larger than the
Caney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This wooden statue of the Taino cemí (spirit) Opiyelguobirán , Guardian of the Dead, was collected from the Turks and Caicos in the early 1900s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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