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Taíno women commonly wore their hair with bangs in front and longer in the back, and they occasionally wore gold jewelry, paint, and/or shells. Taíno men and unmarried women usually went naked. After marriage, women wore a small cotton apron, called a nagua .
Small amuletic zemis would be worn on warriors' foreheads for protection in battle. [6] Zemis are sculpted from a wide variety of materials, including bone, clay, wood, shell, sandstone, and stone. [1] They are found in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and other Caribbean islands. Some are quite large, up to 100 cm tall.
The capture of Caonabo roused the Taíno, leading to the first ever native American uprising against the Spanish. Caonabo's brother, Manicatex, gathered around 7,000 natives to attack the Spanish and rescue Caonabo. [5] [6] However, the Taíno were easily defeated, largely due to the Spaniards' use of cavalry. Manicatex and other native leaders ...
Caguax was a Taíno cacique who lived on the island of Borinquén (the Taíno name for Puerto Rico) before and during the Spanish colonization of the Americas.The name of his yucayeque, or Taino village, was Turabo; it comprised the Caguas Valley and surrounding mountains. [1]
Gálvez's servant was taken prisoner as so were the Taino rebels and Baconao's Daughter. The Spanish buried Gálvez and left Mabey's cadaver to rot and be eaten by vultures. They then led the procession of indigenous prisoners to the presence of Capitan Vasco de Porcallo, which he ordered to the gallows.
Túpac Amaru II, an Andean cacique [clarification needed] who led a 1781 rebellion against Spanish rule in Peru Cangapol, chief of the Tehuelches, 18th century.. A cacique, sometimes spelled as cazique (Latin American Spanish:; Portuguese: [kɐˈsikɨ, kaˈsiki]; feminine form: cacica), was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, who were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, the Greater ...
Guanín objects made by the Taínos excavated in Cuba.. Guanín is an alloy of copper, gold and silver, similar to red gold, used in pre-Columbian central America. [1] The name guanín is taken from the language of the Taíno people, who prized it for its reddish color, brilliant shine, and unique smell, and associated it with both worldly and supernatural power.
The origin of this garment is still unknown. Some believe that it is a fusion of the Spanish capes with the traditional blanket of the Muisca and Timoto-cuica indigenous people; while others believe that they took that name from the cloths that the Spanish brought from Rouen in France.