Museo el Cemí
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The Museo el Cemí is a history museum in Coabey barrio in Jayuya, Puerto Rico which opened in 1989. The museum building is a replica of a Cemí[1][2] and showcases Taíno artifacts.[3][4]
Description[edit]
The museum building was designed and built in the shape of a Cemí, a Taíno deity and is on PR-144 in Coabey, Jayuya. The museum's inauguration was in 1989.[5]
Cemí's were Taíno deities.[1]
Gallery[edit]
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![Three-pointed stone Cemí is a specimen which was owned by Mr. Yunghannis, of Bayamón, Puerto Rico[1]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Three-pointed_stone_owned_by_Mr_Yunghannis%2C_of_Bayam%C3%B3n%2C_Puerto_Rico.jpg/456px-Three-pointed_stone_owned_by_Mr_Yunghannis%2C_of_Bayam%C3%B3n%2C_Puerto_Rico.jpg)
Three-pointed stone Cemí is a specimen which was owned by Mr. Yunghannis, of Bayamón, Puerto Rico[1]
![Three-pointed stone Cemí is a specimen which was owned by Mr. Yunghannis, of Bayamón, Puerto Rico[1]](/wiki/File:Three-pointed_stone_owned_by_Mr_Yunghannis,_of_Bayam%C3%B3n,_Puerto_Rico.jpg)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution : Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology". Internet Archive. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "Cemi Museum – A Window to the Past". www.puertoricodaytrips.com. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ "Museo El Cemí". Discover Puerto Rico. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ^ "El Cemi Museum". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ "Arquitectura Museo del Cemi. Municipio de Jayuya. Puerto Rico". Arquitectura (in Spanish). 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
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