Taino Pre-Columbian Bird Spoon

Taino Pre-Columbian Bird Spoon. Ceremonial two headed spoon. The head facing the viewer is a bird. The one at top of head is zoomorphic. The back of the spoon has two interlocking bird heads that ofte

Taino Pre-Columbian Twin Bird Head Cohoba Inhaler, Published. The heads gently part to access the inhaling ports. The top of each beak is pierced creating eyes for a second bird encompassing the beak.

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

A Taino shell spoon with zemi figure handle. 4-1/2" l Provenance: Ex collection, New York, N.Y.

A stone pelican, sitting position, long beak, tail feathers, incised design at sides. Suspension hole at neck. Dimensions: 8cm x 5cm Provenance: Ex. Collection, New York, NY

Taino Pre-Columbian Ceremonial Ball. With 4 incised bird heads running in a band around ball. The bird heads can be inverted to reveal a second abstract face. On either sides of the band ie top and bo

Northern Peru, Chimu culture, ca 1000 to 1400 CE. Set of three copper utencis used to snort lime powder thus enhancing the effects of coca powder. Each with finial in the form of a bird, one with orig

A stone Taino bird stone, with large feathers, head finial, curved leg. 8" L; 3 lbs. 12 oz. Provenance: Ex collection, Bronx, NY

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

OR 3 POINTER). BIRD MEN DEPICTIONS SYMBOLIZE SHAMAN, WHOSE PRIMARY ANIMAL ALLY WAS THE BIRD. BIRDS ASSISTED HALLUCINATING SHAMAN IN THEIR COSMIC PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. THIS UNUSUAL EXAMPLE HAS THE HEAD

A Taino grinder with pelican final. 3-1/2" H Provenance: Ex collection, NYC

Pre-Columbian Taino style stone zemi yoke from The Dominican Republic, ca. 1200 CE. Broken and glued from 4 pieces with break lines visible. Carved from a green stone with a human face and bird with g

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A fabulous pair of bronze spoons (also called lime spoons), used to prepare lime powder in order to enhance the hallucinogenic properties of drugs like c

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A fabulous ensemble of three bronze spoons (also called lime spoons), used to prepare lime powder in order to enhance the h

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A fabulous pair of bronze spoons (also called lime spoons), used to prepare lime powder in order to enhance the hallucinoge

Taino Stone Bird Head Snake Effigy (1000-1500 CE). A common reference to Quetzalcoatl of Mayan mythology. Twin head bird symbol next to head. Size: 1.25'' x 4'' x 4.75'' (3 x 10 x 12 cm). Provenance:

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean Islands, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved pestle that is pecked and polished into a sturdy form surmounted by an abstract avian head with enormous eyes, perhap

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean Islands, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A miniature stone owl zemi with a shallow socket on the base - perhaps this carving was a finial or amulet to channel the bird's su

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved stone celt depicting an abstract avian creature on the obverse face. The bird domi

A Taino Pestle with bird heads, 8" H 5 lb. 6 oz Provenance: Ex collection, Bronx, NY

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

A Pre-Columbian Lambayeque Valley Sican Chimu circa 1000-1450 AD burnished blackware spouted bottle vase or vessel in the shape of a melon with an anthropomorphic bird stop pecking at it, having incis

Pre-Columbian Inca small arrowheads aka bird points from Bolivia and Peru, South America collected in the 1940s by Bolivian native. Largest approx 1.25" L. Graduated denticulation on the flint or cher

Pre-Columbian Inca small arrowheads aka bird points from Bolivia and Peru, South America collected in the 1940s by Bolivian native. Largest approx 1.25" L. Graduated denticulation on the flint or cher