Sold2020Taino (1000-1500 CE) Cohoba Anthropic InhalerTaino (1000-1500 CE) Cohoba Anthropic Inhaler. Made of a dark green/gray even-grained hard stone, possibly basalt. Crouched position. Top of head reveals frog head brow, a symbolic device originatingSee Sold Price
Sold2017Taino Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE). Hands behind head. Inhalers or snuffers were used to ingest the hallucinogen, cohoba, during ritual gatherings. Complex symbols surround ports. Size: 5''See Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Anthropic/Shaman Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic/Shaman Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE). Used to inhale the hallucinogenic powder of ground cohoba seeds. Made of rhyolite. Size: 4.5'' x 2'' x 1.5'' (11 x 5 x 4 cm). Provenance: Larry RoSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Full Figure Cohoba InhalerTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Full figure Cohoba inhaler. Type 2. Subject is female and pushing stomach possibly depicting Atabey goddess of fertility or one of the female wind goddesses. Nice precise detaiSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Speckled Green Serpentine Bird Man Cohoba InhalerTaino Beautiful Speckled Green Serpentine Bird Man Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE). Huge spiritually centered head symbolizes the head as the nucleus of the transcendental journey. Size: 2'' x 1.75'' xSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Engraved Cohoba Inhaler in Human-ReptilianTaino 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 tSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Anthropic Snuffing Vessel (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic Snuffing Vessel (1000-1500 CE). The retention hole is relatively small suggesting this was a dosing vessel used to maintain the cohoba illumination. Made of a rich variegated serpentinSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (1000-1500 CE) Cohoba Frogmen VesselTaino (1000-1500 CE) Cohoba Frogmen Vessel, striated calcite. The ovular vessel with flanking full figure frogman handles. Since frogs were fertility symbols this vessel was probably used to hold cohoSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropic Female EffigyTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropic full figure female effigy. This is probably an ancestral deity who formerly held an elite position in Taino society and revered later in folklore. Made of hefty magneSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropic figureTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Nicely conceived male Anthropic figure. Not a pendant. Males are not as frequently depicted in TAINO art. The discrepancy points to a female based religious system. Unusual proSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 BC)Taino Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 BC) Well conceived Frog-Woman. Hands on stomach symbolized pushing during birth. Undulating lines between legs symbolize amniotic fluid or water. Cohoba was the halluciSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Cohoba Vessel, Frog Man Transformation (1000-1500Taino Cohoba Vessel, Frog Man Transformation (1000-1500 CE). A Taino personal cohoba vessel, likely used for snuffing measured amounts of the ritual drug. A carefully carved Frog Man transformation; gSee Sold Price
Sold2017Taino 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: LarSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (1000-1500 CE) Small Antropic Duho PendantTaino (1000-1500 CE) Small Antropic Duho. Small carved hard stone tray possibly for mixing lime with hallucinogenic cohoba. The suspension holes suggest it was worn for ritual use. With 3 feet supportSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Bat-Shaped Cohoba Bowl, 10.5"Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE). A wonderfully conceived masterpiece of Taino art. Simple yet elegant. A bat shaped shallow cohoba bowl. Used to contain the hallucinogen cohoba during shamanic rituals. Bats wSee Sold Price
2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Vomit StickTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE). An elegant Woodpecker carved on vomit stick made from lignum vitae. Vomit sticks or purging spatulas were used prior to ingesting cohoba to rid the body of impurity‰Ûªs thSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Stone Ceremonial Cohoba Bowl (1000-1500 CE)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 xSee Sold Price
Sold2018Taino Anthropic Kneeling Figure (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic Kneeling Figure (1000-1500 CE). Hands rest on neck. Vertebral column extends into a spider-like head incorporated into the column design. Made from a heavy volcanic stone with a magnetSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Animate Anthropic Stone Figure (1000-1500 CE)Taino Animate Anthropic Stone Figure (1000-1500 CE). Base is engaged in geometric design. 4'' x 3'' x 3.75'' (10 x 8 x 10 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: Art of the Gods.See Sold Price
Sold2018Taino Big Eared Anthropic Pendant (1000-1500 CE)Taino Big Eared Anthropic Pendant Serpentine (1000-1500 CE). Four symbolic swirls on back. Size: 3.5'' x 2.5'' x 1.5'' (9 x 6 x 4 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: Art of theSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Fine Beveled Knife w. Anthropic Handle (1000-1500Taino Fine Beveled Knife w. Anthropic Handle (1000-1500 CE). Made of magnetite with slight magnetic field. Size: 1'' x 2'' x 5.25'' (3 x 5 x 13 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino SculpturSee Sold Price
Sold2019A published Taino rhyolite figural Cohoba inhalerA published Taino rhyolite figural Cohoba inhaler, c. AD 1000 - 1500, used of the consumption of the hallucinogen Cohoba. Finely carved in rhyolite with quartz inclusions, the substance was inhaled thSee Sold Price
Sold2020Full Figure Cohoba InhalerFull Figure Cohoba Inhaler – circa 1000-1500 AD, used to snuff the hallucinogen chohoba, though stuffing was practiced throughout Meso America the Taino were the only Culture to carve Figural StSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Big Beak Bird Pestle (1000-1500CE)Taino Big Beak Bird Pestle (1000-1500CE) Possibly a Toucan, as they were kept as pets. This ceremonial piece was used to crush cohoba seeds, the hallucinogen used by the Taino. Birds were considered gSee Sold Price
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