TAINO PRECOLUMBIA SHELL PURGING SPATULA

Taino. Full figure anthropomorphic purging or vomit spatula. Figural stone spatulas were another implement made only by the Taino. Large ear ornaments brace the sides of head. Two "ghost faces" can be

Purging stick carved from white shell. Taino from the Caribbean Islands. 1000-1500AD.8"L x 1.5"W

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

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 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

Taino carved stone ceremonial purging spatula; decorated with a kneeling figure above an incised geometric band; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, auth

Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE). An elegant Woodpecker carved on vomit stick made from lignum vitae. Vomit sticks or purging spatulas were used prior to ingesting cohoba to rid the body of impurity‰Ûªs th

Purging stick carved from shell. Used for ritual purposes. Caribbean Islands Taino. 1000-1500AD. 8"L x 1.5"W

A Large Taino Shell Mask, believed to have been held for ritual purposes within the Taino culture. Size: 5.25'' x 3.5'' x 2'' (13 x 9 x 5 cm). This exquisite mask likely represents an ancestor, showca

Four shell beads, three with incised faces, fourth with incised design. Dimensions: 1-1/2" H (tallest)

Four shell beads, three with incised faces, fourth with incised design. Dimensions: 1-1/2" H (tallest)

Four shell beads, three with incised faces, fourth with incised design. Dimensions: 1-1/2" H (tallest)

A Taino shell spoon with zemi figure handle. 4-1/2" l Provenance: Ex collection, New York, N.Y.

Openwork sugar spoon in silver-gilt, with shell spatula. Work late nineteenth, France, guarantee Minerve, silversmith Widow Rulance. & Cie . Length 17.5 cm, weight 57 g. Good quality, good condition.

Taino. An extraordinary full figure vomit spatula featuring a large cacique (chief) finale. He is portrayed as if sitting on a duho. He holds his knees and stares into space, a typical Taino design fe

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Trobriand Islands, Massim peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An attractive ceremonial lime spatula or lime stick, also known as kena, carved from the sh

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A vibrant orange hued spondylus shell pendant, hand carved with a curved profile and details to suggest

Early Prehistoric Bead Necklace, Shell, Pre-Columbia

Early Prehistoric Bead Necklace, Hematite or Ironstone and Shell, Pre-Columbia

Carribean Islands For Cohobu Ritual. 23.5"long x 3"Wide

Taino. Unique turtle Cemi/stamp with complex iconographic incising covering shell. In Taino creation myth the turtle was the birth mother for their culture. A "Spirit or ghost" face can be seen in the

Early Prehistoric Bead Necklace, Shell Pendent, Pre-Columbia

Early Prehistoric Bead Necklace, Shell Pendent, Pre-Columbia

Early Prehistoric Bead Necklace, Shell Pendent, Pre-Columbia