Taino Ancestral Stone Head or Mask (1000-1500 CE)

Taino Ancestral Stone Head or Mask (1000-1500 CE). Closed eyes suggest subject is in a trance. Well define eye surrounds and headband. Made of basalt. Size: 4.5'' x 3'' x 1.5'' (11 x 8 x 4 cm). Proven

Taino Ancestral Mask Head (1000-1500 CE). Nicely delineated facial features with elaborate symbolic carving on forehead. Made of ryolite. Size: 3'' x 2.5'' x 1.5'' (8 x 6 x 4 cm). Provenance: Larry Ro

Taino Ancestral Serpentine Mask Head (1000-1500 CE) with twin features. Secondary face appears at top of head, a Taino reference to duality of the visible and hidden. Size: 2.25'' x 2.5'' x 0.5'' (6 x

Exquisite Taino Marble Mask (1000-1500 CE). The stone is almost translucent. Possibly a god or ancestor with well sculpted facial features, head band and large ear spools. Size: 4.25"L (11 cm).

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, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved stone head of highly stylized form depicting the head of a female, perhaps the goddess

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean Islands, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A set of 2 abstract stone carvings from the ancient Taino. First is a spheroid carving exhibiting a pair of triangular forms with t

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean Islands, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved stone pestle with a dense, egg-shaped body surmounted by the head of a mythological deity known as a zemi. It is poss

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 area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An abstract simian head that is hand-carved from dense, light-brown stone. The expressive counte

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. What a find! A magnificent stone ceremonial stool known as a duho, impressively hand-carved in t

Taino Ancestral Face (1000-1500 CE). A fine grained and smoothly carved stone ancestral face with a well defined eye ridge and exaggerated ear spools; and deep set eyes and expressive mouth. 3.25"L x

Taino Zemi-Like Marble Head (1000-1500 CE). This type of translucent marble is typically found on the Samana Peninsula in the Dominican Republic. The head likely represents a deceased elite ancestral

Pre-Columbian, Dominican Republic, Taino/Ciboney peoples, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A massive ceremonial stone celt or axe head, hand-carved from a mottled brown and black stone. The petaloid axe has a sle

Taino (1000-1500 CE) Twin Bird Head Ceremonial Axe. Carved greenish white translucent stone. Birds were considered cosmic allies guiding projected spirits during hallucinogenic quests. A decorative ba

Taino (1000-1500 CE) Anthropomorphic Cemi/Stamp.Fine grained hard stone. The squatting figure with large head, expressive face and drilled holes next to the eyes. The chest incised with a yonic symbol

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

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Caribbean/Florida, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A striking cream-hued carved stone zemi - a deity or ancestral spirit who is housed in a sculpted object.

Rare Taino (1000-1500 CE) Ceremonial Monolithic Axe. Made of a fine grained hard stone similar to basalt. In the form of a snake's head resting at the top of the stone blade, with its tail extending d

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 (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 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 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

Taino Mask-Like Form (1000-1500 CE). Similar to a ZEMI. Excellent craftsmanship, with precise facial engraving featuring nicely conceived eyes and mouth. Surrounds and crisp symbolic notations. Pierce