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he Fiore Arts Collection of Taino Art boasts 38 works—some made of manatee bone, others from shell or terra cotta, and all rich in layered, symbolically-charged iconography. The works, dated circa 1000–1500, were created by the Taino, the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida—the

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