Huracan is the Spirit of the hurricane.
This wall sculpture is made from clay
and cherry wood. It represents the
Taíno vision of the angry wind
goddess Guabancex (Gwa-ban-seh),
"rider of the hurricane". Her twin
accomplices are GuatuaBA the
thunderous herald who announces
her arrival and Coatrisque the
ensuing deluge.
The symbols on her hands are
derived from ceramic pots made by
Taíno women. They represent the
clockwise rotation of the hurricane
whose eye is depicted as a face. The
Taíno seemed to have known the
configuration of the hurricane
centuries before satellite photography
revealed an image of the tempest.
This wall sculpture is made from clay
and cherry wood. It represents the
Taíno vision of the angry wind
goddess Guabancex (Gwa-ban-seh),
"rider of the hurricane". Her twin
accomplices are GuatuaBA the
thunderous herald who announces
her arrival and Coatrisque the
ensuing deluge.
The symbols on her hands are
derived from ceramic pots made by
Taíno women. They represent the
clockwise rotation of the hurricane
whose eye is depicted as a face. The
Taíno seemed to have known the
configuration of the hurricane
centuries before satellite photography
revealed an image of the tempest.
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