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Item Details

Description

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. A carved spoon made from some large piece of bone, with a monkey shaped handle and a relatively large bowl with incised carving that makes it look like a leaf. This spoon was made for the ritual ingestion of crushed drugs of some kind; Taino spirituality, which focused on the spirit of the ancestors and the god of the cassava, their primary crop, was mediated by a class of priests (bohiques), who often engaged in the taking of hallucinogenic drugs to aid in rituals and ceremonies. Size: 1.75" W x 4.35" H (4.4 cm x 11 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Alan Davis collection, Santa Fe, NM

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Condition

Wear to shape with slight stable crack to the bone of the bowl.

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Rare Taino Bone Drug Spoon

Name: Rare Taino Bone Drug Spoon
SKU: 47546517
Price: 900 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $900 - $1,500

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Starting Price $500

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