Birth of Anacaona Product:Birth of Anacaona Look closely: past the colorful

Look closely: past the colorful roof tiles and chimneys

colored with pencils and paint

round freshwater pearl

It is meant to become more patinated and better with age

one-of-a-kind crown prong-set pyrite cube can be set on a ring in half sizes from 6–9

Birth of Anacaona Product:Birth of Anacaona Look closely: past the colorfulThis piece is highly personal. It represents Anacaona the heroine of Quisqueya (the Taino name for present day Haiti and Dominican Republic). She captured the artist's imagination as a child. There is a sculpture of her on the base of a Columbus monument in Santo Domingo. She was a poetess and a rebel. Quisqueya was ruled by five Taino tribes. Her father, brother and her husband Caonabo were chieftains. He was a warrior and fought the Spaniards, but