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Taino Complex Human to Animal Cemi (1000-1500 CE)

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Taino Cemi/Stamp Depicting Human to Frog Transition: Taino Tan Stone Cemi/Stamp Depicting Human to Frog Transition (1000-1500 CE). Cemis are ceremonial devices used for ritual display. Though the base is highly decorated with an engraved Anthropic figur

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Important/Rare Taino Deflowering Fid (1000-1500 CE): Important/Rare Taino Deflowering Fid (1000-1500 CE). Used when young women reached puberty. Featuring a human animal (lizard) transformation with a band of water symbols just under figure. Beautifully

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Pre-Columbian Carved Double Human Effigy Cemi Idol: Pre-Columbian Fully Carved Double Human Effigy Cemi Idol Fully Carved Double Human Effigy Cemi Idol, Pre-Columbian, Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. E

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Taino Angry Bird Cemi (1000-1500 CE): Taino Stone Angry Bird Cemi with Bird Head Beak. Full figure with complex symbolic engravings. Size: 3.5'' x 4.5'' x 1'' (9 x 11 x 3 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: Art of t

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Taino Dog to Human/Zoomporph Transition Cemi (1000-1500: Taino. Dog to human/zoomorph transition Cemi. Andesite. Dogs were close companions to caciques. On of the few animals found buried with caciques. This large representation of an animal is rare. The fa

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Taino Engraved Cohoba Inhaler in Human-Reptilian: Taino Beautifully Engraved Cohoba Inhaler in Human to Reptilian Transition (1000-1500 CE). Made of basalt like stone. Complex symbolic representations front and back. Large head a symbolic reference t

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Taino Anthropic Cemi (1000-1500 CE): Taino Anthropic Cemi with a pair of heads as shoulders. Quite unusual. The head of the primary figure is flattened like a cohoba receptacle. It is free standing. Typical figure with figure eight eye s

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Taino Bird Cemi/Stamp (1000-1500 CE): Taino Bird Cemi/Stamp (1000-1500 CE). Smooth, soft feel from frequent handling. The engraving depicts a big bill bird with wings represented as bird heads. On the base, a group of symbolic notations f

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Taino Stone Bird Man Transition Cemi (1000-1500 CE): Taino. Stone reclining birdman Cemi in transition. The stone is a beautiful variegated color of browns and gold. The eyes are slit indicating subject is in a hallucinogenic trance. Birds were shaman a

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Taino Pre-Columbian Human-to-Iguana Transformation Cemi: Taino Pre-Columbian Human-to-Iguana Transformation Cemi. Nicely relief carved in sumptuous serpentine. The eye are slit (closed) usually indicating entropic ecstasy. Subject squats with hand limply re

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Taino Frog-Man Cemi/Stamp (1000-1500 CE): Taino Frog-Man Cemi/Stamp (1000-1500 CE). Likely held to address fertility and water as frogs were deities of these environments. Reverse depicts two interlocked bird heads. Made of a green spotted se

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Taino (1000-1500 CE) Anthromorphic Cemi/Stamp: Taino (1000-1500 CE) Anthropomorphic Cemi/Stamp.Fine grained hard stone. The squatting figure with large head, expressive face and drilled holes next to the eyes. The chest incised with a yonic symbol

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Taino Stone Anthropic Pipe (1000-1500 CE): Taino Stone Anthropic Pipe (1000-1500 CE). Human-like figure appears at base of bowl and down pipe stem. Triangulate symbols surround bowl. Size: 3.5'' x 1.25'' x 1.5'' (9 x 3 x 4 cm). Provenance: Lar

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Taino Unique Dual Imagery Bird Cemi or Statue: Taino Unique Dual Imagery Bird Cemi or Statue (1000-1500 CE). There is a full figure bird on either side of this Cemi. A secondary face appears at top of head and each bird's beak portrays an addition

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Taino Complex Human to Animal Cemi (1000-1500 CE)

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Taino Complex Human to Animal Cemi (1000-1500 CE) Two characters visible, one looking down on head and the other the profile. Both emerge from skeletal frame. Base has intricate full figure abstract characterization of a frog-like being. Size: 3.5"L (9 cm).

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Taino Complex Human to Animal Cemi (1000-1500 CE)

Name: Taino Complex Human to Animal Cemi (1000-1500 CE)
SKU: 48462848
Price: 375 USD
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