TAINO. PRE-COLUMBIAN SMALL STONE COHOBA BOWL WITH

BROAD ANTHROPIC FACE AND 2 NUBS REPRESENTING RESIDUAL LEGS. PROBABLY USED TO HOLD THE HALLUCINOGEN COHOBA FOR DISTRIBUTION DURING A DRUG INDUCED RITUAL. MADE OF A FINE GRAINED SILICIFIED SANDSTONE. LE

STAND. ON REVERSE A BIRD HEAD I HAS BEEN CARVED AS AN ANIMAL ALLY. THE SHAMAN/PRIEST KNEES IN A REVERENT POSE. THE SKELETAL HEAD SYMBOLIZING SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION VIA COHOBA SNUFFING. DEEP SET EYES

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean, Hispaniola, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A stone pendant carved to resemble a Zemi, a term referring to a deity, ancestor, or earth spirit believed to be inhabited by powerful spirit

Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Bowl and Footed Block with handle, 2" x 9 3/4" diam. & 2" x 12" x 9 1/2". Worn, great patina.

A Taino Cohoba snuff receptacle. 3-1/2" H x 2-7/8" W Display stand included. Provenance: Ex collection, New York, N.Y.

A small green stone celt, Taino culture, 1450 A.D., petaloid shaped, shape edge, rounded tapered point. Dimensions: 8-1/4" L; Weight: 1 lb. 4 oz. Provenance: Ex. Private collection, New York, NY NOTE:

Three Pre Columbian Taino stone carvings. Including a pair of human form figures and a carved bowl. Human figure approx H 4". Bowl H 3-1/4" D 5"

**Originally Listed At $1250** Pre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Taino people, ca. 15th century CE. A small, charming stone amulet, in classic Taino style with enormous eyes and mouth (probably repr

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Toltec, ca. 10th to 12th century CE, or Aztec, ca. 1345 to 1521 CE. A small grey stone basin with three legs with concave hollows that echo the deep-carved eyes of the skull-for

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Caribbean, Hispaniola, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A relatively small example of a zemi. Taino art is comprised of many religious objects associated with the worship

Pre-Columbian, Hispaniola, ca. 1000 - 1500 A.D., classically formed three pointer stone with pointed conically central point, the Zemi figure laying flat on his stomach with small legs curled to the r

comprising a small ceremonial axe head with frog carved on the peen, 4 in. L.; a Celt, 2 1/2 in. L.; and a cassava cutting tool, 8 in. L.

A Taino stone axe, Dominican Republic, ca. 1400 A.D., a large stone axe with tapered handle, short blade with tapered point at top and small point opposite side of blade. Dimensions: 12" L x 6" w; Wei

Taino People, Classic Period (c.1000-1500 AD). Pottery Communal Cohoba Inhaling Vessel. Very similar to the wooden and stone vessels with incurvate sides. Bird head Adorno, large symbolic iconographs

Taino Pre-Columbian Stone Bird Ax. Axes often portrayed owls a frequent ally of the shaman. This example has owl like eyes but the beak is long and narrow beak like a hummingbird. Hummingbirds were hi

Probably Steatite, 14 x 6 x 14 cm.

17 x 8 x 17 cm.

Pre-Columbian Small Green Stone Mayan Maskette, Two holes drilled for suspension. Measurements: 2 1/2" L x 1 7/8" W, Weight: 2.3 OZ.

5 1/2" H x 4" W Pre-Columbian Mayan Stone Bowl

A lovely Taino hard stone Cohoba bowl, c. AD 1000 - 1500, exquisitely carved in a white hard stone, a white vein running through the midsection. The ovoid bowl is quite deep with rounded walls and bot

Taino Stone Ceremonial Cohoba Bowl (1000-1500 CE) featuring 2 full figure anthropomorphic characterizations. One female and one male symbolizing human duality. Size: 4.25'' x 4.75'' x 3.5'' (11 x 12 x

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero State, Xochipala culture, Mesoamerican Formative Period, ca. 1500 to 900 BCE. A large hand-carved stone bowl resting on a flat base, the walls flaring dramatic

3 Inca Small Hard Stone Llama Figures. Including a small white conopa (charm with hole at top used to hold beer and lama fat to protect the animals against evil.) Sizes: 1) 1'' x 1'' x .5'' (3 x 3 x 1

PESTLE USED TO CRUSH THE HALLUCINOGENIC SEEDS OF THE COHOBA TREE. THE EXTREMELY LARGE HEAD SYMBOLIZES THE HEAD AS THE CENTER OF THE EXPANSIVE MIND. EYE AND MOUTH SURROUNDS AS WELL AS A WELL DEFINED HE