Taino Well Modeled Full Figure Puberty Fid (1000-1500

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

Taino Full Figure Anthropic Cemi/Stamp, circa 1000-1500 AD, awkward bent position likely representing human to frog transition, the long front a back legs appear to assume a jumping position, stamp li

Taino Full Figure Cacique or Shaman depicted s sitting, hands on knees face forward depicting reverent awe, typical of hallucinogenic wonder, made of a brown hard stone, circa 1000-1500 AD

Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Full figure anthropo-zoomorphic effigy. Closed eyes, head resting on front feet, extended ear-like ear ornaments, and recumbent position may be a canine reference. Appears to b

Taino (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 detai

Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropomorphic Full figure cacique (Chief), wearing a duck head headdress. Probably a clan figure. Cacique is posed as if sitting on a duho. A serpentinite type stone. Provena

Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) fine full figure rhinoceros iguana. Head elevated skyward and feet curl in what appears to be a reverent position. Raised area on nose resembles a frog head when viewed with ig

Taino (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 magne

Full 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 St

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

A fantastic magnetite Taino Cemi or ceremonial figure, c. AD 1000 - 1500, well-carved in magnetite, with large eyes and open mouth ear with large spools. The figure with hands together over a light be

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

Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Ceremonial Vomit stick. Full figure recumbent human with frog-like back legs and hands resting under chin, supporting head. The small size suggests it may have been used by an

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 c

Taino (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 coho

A beautifully carved breccia Taino Cemi/Stamp in the form of a bird figure, c. AD 1000 - 1500, in a tan/yellow breccia. Well-carved in a compact pose, the bird's feet underneath the body and head faci

Pre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino / Arawak Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A remarkably well-preserved stone zemi figure presenting in a traditional 3-pointed form known as a tr

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 magnet

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.

Taino Anthropic Figure w. Contorted Arms (1000-1500 CE). Nicely detailed eye surrounds and anatomical features. Made of fine grained metamorphic stone. Size: 3'' x 1'' x 1.5'' (8 x 3 x 4 cm). Provenan

Taino Reclining Figure Atop an Ax Form (1000-1500 CE), A nicely patterned serpentine stone carving with a complex symbolic band of twin interlocking bird heads. Subject's feet bend over back and a sec

A nice Tairona ceramic votive in the form of a coiled serpent, Colombia, c. AD 1000 - 1500, the head and scales well-modeled, the serpent has coiled itself around a small animal whose head protrudes f

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

(lot of 2) Bird-shaped pipe carved from a soft sandstone, Mound-Builders culture, central U.S., probably AD 1000-1500, Mexico, 4"l; together with a Taino or Taino-style figure, age uncertain, cuts are