Arte del mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean

Arte del mar ("art of/from the sea") explores the artistic exchange around the rim of the Caribbean Sea before the sixteenth century between the Taíno civilizations of the Antilles archipelago and their powerful peers on the continental mainland. Artists in the region—which includes the modern Antilles archipelago and countries such as Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Honduras—sought to express the distinct force of their deities and ancestors, known to the Taínos as zemì (or cemí), which pervaded the environment and was crucial to the foundation of communities.

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https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/arte-del-mar-caribbean