cemi
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thumb|Zemi figure, Ironwood with shell inlay. 27 in. (68.5 cm) high. Dominican Republic: 15th-16th century. The bowl atop the figure's head was used to hold cohoba during rituals. thumb|Taino Zemi mask from Walters Art Museum
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Within Vinony's link graph, cemi is referenced by 122 other articles, and connects out to Colombia, Venezuela and Rome.
It is catalogued under topics including Indigenous sculpture of the Americas, Religion in the Caribbean and Religious sculptures.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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8 sectionsContents
- Theology
- Religious art
- Beaded zemis
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Zemi figure, Ironwood with shell inlay. 27 in. (68.5 cm) high. Dominican Republic: 15th-16th century. The bowl atop the figure's head was used to hold cohoba during rituals. thumb|Taino Zemi mask from Walters Art Museum
A zemi or cemi (Taíno: [sɛmi]) was a deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit, among the Taíno people of the Caribbean. Cemi’no or Zemi’no is a plural word for the spirits.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cemi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.