Dugout Canoe
January 22nd, 2020
This canoe was carved from the trunk of a large silk cotten tree, in one solid piece, a brilliant waterproof design! This has been done since the days of the Tainos, the human inhabitants living on the island back in 1494 when Christopher Columbus landed. The diseases that his expedition brought wiped out most of the Tainos in Jamaica, but some aspects of the Taino live on today! Canoe is a Taino word, just as the word hammock! Tobacco is also a Taino word, but it did not refer to substance smoked, but the smoking device itself.
