TAINO PRECOLUMBIAN ACROBAT COHOBA INHALER

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 Cohoba Inhaler. Well made with Anthropomorphic figure draper between snuffing ports, hands resting on back of head. Head dominates design as center of entropic visual experience. Water symbols s

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 halluci

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 Ro

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

Taino carved andesite Cohoba ceremonial inhaler; in the form of a crouching male figure, with incised detailing; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, auth

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''

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

Taino carved stone Cohoba ceremonial inhaler; of zoomorphic form, with incised detailing; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican Chron

A 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 th

A magnificent Taino cohoba grinding dish from Hispaniola, ca. 1000 – 1500 AD. It is 7” long and was made from beautiful speckled greenstone. One side of a highly polished petaloid celt was careful

Taino Type 1 Cohoba inhaler. Published. Twin birds fit the Taino cosmo-vision of duality, or complimentary opposites, i.e. man/woman, sun/moon, right/left etc. in this case 2 birds look in opposing di

Title: Circa 1000-1400 A.D. Pre-Columbian Taino Cohoba Shaman Smoking Pipe Lava Rock Figure Description: Circa 1000-1400 A.D. Pre-Columbian Taino Cohoba Shaman Smoking Pipe Lava Rock Figure Date/Perio

Taino. Type 3 Cohoba inhaling tube with 2 heads. Each head has arms that raise from shoulders with hands resting at the back of heads. There is a square inclusion under the chin of one of the heads th

This Taino Type-1 Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler served as a tool for administering the hallucinogenic substance known as cohoba. Size: 4.75'' x 1.5'' x 1.5'' (12 x 4 x 4 cm). Its design indicates a connect

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

This remarkable Taino Bird-Man (Shaman) Cohoba Inhaler showcases intricate details and symbolic elements that reflect the rich artistic traditions of the Taino culture. Size: 3.75'' x 1.5'' x 1.5'' (1

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

Taino Large Standing Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler. For the snuffing of the powdered hallucinogen. Strong skeletal facial features. Pierced at jaw line and wrists. Arms combine with hands to form "spirit f

Taino (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 originating

Taino. Anthropo-zoomorphic cohoba snuffer, type 1. Inhalers were used to consume the botanical hallucinogen cohoba. The triangulate nose points to a reptilian transition from human form. Subject pushe

Taino. A short Type 3 Cohoba inhaler featuring a skeletal frog/human persona. The body is more erect than usual and covers the entire snuffing channel. The figure has extended arms and looks skyward i

Taino Petite Bird Man Cohoba Inhaler. Probably representing a woodpecker, credited in Taino mythology with opening first women to male accessibility. Bird men were shaman in most pre-Hispanic indigeno

Taino Full figure bird man cohoba inhaler Type 1. Anthropic figure transforms to avian form. All inhaling ports are covered in symbolic bands. On reverse at least two ghost faces appear in the decorat