Guatimac or the Idol of Guatimac is an owl-shaped Guanche cult image, found in 1885, hidden in a cave between the municipalities of Fasnia and Güímar wrapped in goat hide.
Guatimac in the Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz.
The Guanche were the historic Indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 kilometres (60 mi) west of the North African coast. They spoke the Guanche language. Believed to have been related to Berber languages of North Africa, it became extinct in the 17th century after the islands were colonized.
Statue of Tegueste at Candelaria, Tenerife
Guanche rock carvings in La Palma
Guanche pottery (Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Tenerife)
Guanche kings of Tenerife surrendering to Alonso Fernández de Lugo