Taino Cemi/Stamp Depicting Human to Frog Transition

Taino Tan Stone Cemi/Stamp Depicting Human to Frog Transition (1000-1500 CE). Cemis are ceremonial devices used for ritual display. Though the base is highly decorated with an engraved Anthropic figur

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. Anthropic Cemi /stamp depicting the Frog goddess Atabey or frog/mother. Swollen vagina, hands next to head and frog-like legs are common symbolic notations for this deity. A dotted diadem surro

Taino Odd Stone Animal/human Transition Cemi/Stamp (1000-1500 CE). Size: 3'' x 5.5'' x 3'' (8 x 14 x 8 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: Art of the Gods.

Large Taino Serpentine Frog-Man Form (1000-1500 CE). Large serpentine frog-man/zemi--like form. Nicely polished to capture the luminous quality of the stone. åÊFigure is in transition from human to

Taino Human/Lizard Transition Stone Pendant (1000-1500 CE) A large human to lizard transformation pendant with a secondary face visible looking down on eyes and feet (mouth). Made of a basalt like har

Taino. Dog to human/zoomorph transition Cemi. Andesite. Dogs were close companions to caciques. On of the few animals found buried with caciques. This large representation of an animal is rare. The fa

Haida potlatch ladle, circa 1960, well carved with depicting a raven, human and frog, accented with red, green, black and blue pigment, 16"l

Taino Frog-Man Cemi/Stamp (1000-1500 CE) with full base interlocking bird head symbol. This motif represents rain and wind and is associated with fertility and planting. Made possibly of a high grade

Taino Frog-Man Cemi/Stamp (1000-1500 CE). Likely held to address fertility and water as frogs were deities of these environments. Reverse depicts two interlocked bird heads. Made of a green spotted se

1st millennium AD. A large carved fine-grained green basalt Taino or Archaic Period pestle depicting a human-headed axolotl with its legs tucked underneath the body, raised ribbed detailing to the spi

8.3/8" Taino Effigy Pestle. Hispaniola. Pre-Colombian Maul with Amazing Human / Frog Effigy which decorate the top of this flared base example. Excellent polish. Some new grinding to base.

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. Unique Wooden (lignum vitae) cohoba serving vessel depicting shamanic human to crocodile transformation. Cohoba was the hallucinogen used by the Taino to reach a transcendental state. No other

Taino Shamanic Spirit Form (1000-1500 CE). A Taino shamanic spirit form of voluted hands transforming from human to frog in fluid curvilinear design. Two "Y" shaped icons on base; carved serpentine. 4

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. 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

aino Stone Anthropomorphic Celt from Hispaniola, ca. 800-1400 A.D. A finely carved gray stone example depicting a stylized human figure clasping his hands on his waist and legs in a fetal position. We

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

Large Taino carved wood purging spatula or vomit stick; decorated with an openwork anthropomorphic figure shown in shamanic transition from human to reptile; circa A.D. 1000-1500; metal stand Provenan

Taino Rich Serpentine (1000-1500 CE), beautifully made twin human to reptile Shamanic Transition Pendant. Rare form. Large point of focus power figure used during specific ceremonial events. Size: 4.5

Taino full figure free form Cemi/stamp featuring a skeletal figure with a lizard like nose. A frog head brow dominated back of head. Figure rests on thin arms and legs, a carving feature denoting Tain

A large Japanese Sumida pottery vase depicting anthropomorphic animals and people walking on the edge of a cliff path. The group of animals includes cats, monkeys, frogs, rats, dogs, and humans all dr

Pre-columbian Taino Frog Zemi from The Doninican Republic, ca. 1000-1500 A.D. Skeletal form frog leaning on a rock. In La Hispaniola the frog was associated with females and females functions. In the