PRE COLUMBIAN TAINO SHELL VOMIT SPATULA W BIRD

ANTHROPIC MALE HANDLE. SLIGHTLY WATER WORN BUT DETAIL STILL GOOD. BACK OF THE HEAD IS FULLY ENGRAVED WITH A COMPLEX SYMBOLIC DESIGN. THE SPATULATE END WAS FORCED DOWN THE THROAT UNTIL THE USER PURGED.

Taino Pre-Columbian Long Marble Vomit Spatula with human form at one end. The head is reversed 180 degrees, a design element unique to the Taino. Another design found in the Taino repertoire is the do

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, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 500 CE. An amazing and incredibly large pair of matching shell and wood earspools rich with symbolic avian iconography. Each one is comprised of a di

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Proto-Maya to Maya culture, ca. 300 BCE to 900 CE. An exceedingly rare and endearing bird pendant or pectoral carved from thick slab of giant clam shell ad

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1450 CE. A wearable necklace made from ancient silver, quartz, shell, and copper beads, strung together in modern times on a monofilam

**Originally Listed At $1750** Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautifully-preserved shell pendant with a round, pale greensto

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautiful pearlescent shell incised with the face of a god with a flower emerging from his mou

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 14th to 15th century CE. A collar necklace made from ancient shells and modern spherical beads as a wearable and reimagined piece of jewelry. The shells are cut t

Taino Anthropic Shell Vomit Spatula. Used to purge and clean the body prior to taking the hallucinogen cohoba. Measures 6 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 3/8". Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: "A

**Originally Listed At $1500** Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A remarkably fine pair of hand-carved shell appliques depicting two hands making what to modern eyes look like the "

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A remarkable textile fragment made from camelid wool (alpaca or llama), woven using the slit tapestry technique in warm colors, reds, brown

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1450 to 1532 CE. A delightful hand-built pottery jar that boasts a strong decorative program of geometric and stylized avian motifs. T

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu / Chancay, ca. 800 to 1300 CE. A fascinating textile fragment made from dyed camelid wool (alpaca or llama), and possibly cotton wa

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, North/Central Peru, Chimu/Inca culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A fine textile panel fragment composed of tightly-woven fibers in cream, jet, ruby, and golden

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mixtec culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A marvelous and musical ensemble of Mixtec shell and stone beads and 6 ancient copper bell beads, all strung w

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast of Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A colorful slit-tapestry textile panel formed from tightly-woven camelid (llama or alpaca) fibers in

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A splendid mold-made pottery vessel featuring a unique form in the shape of 6 gourds lined in 2 rows of 3 with a high arching handle and

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A mold-formed and highly burnished pottery canteen with a round but stable base, a circular body with a

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A lovely textile panel fragment composed of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in hues of co

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. This is a canteen-shaped black ware jar with two small, seated birds perched on the shouders and an upside-down conical spout rising from the body. The

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, North/Central Coast of Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A lovely pottery stirrup vessel that exhibits stone-burnished surfaces and charming avian

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mixtec to Aztec culture, ca. 1250 to 1521 CE. A superb collection of 8 stone and shell grips or finials which once adorned the end of a spear-throwing weapon known as an atlatl.

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A hand-built pottery bowl atop a trio of tab-shaped feet. Decorating each half of the body is a large, incised panel containing