TAINO PRECOLUMBIAN MANATEE VOMIT SPATULA

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

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

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. 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

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 (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

Taino Pre-Columbian Twin Bird Head Cohoba Inhaler, Published. The heads gently part to access the inhaling ports. The top of each beak is pierced creating eyes for a second bird encompassing the beak.

Taino Pre-Columbian Ceremonial Ball. With 4 incised bird heads running in a band around ball. The bird heads can be inverted to reveal a second abstract face. On either sides of the band ie top and bo

Taino Pre-Columbian Extremely Rare Jade Anthropic Pendant. Knees up in sitting position. Gaping mouth and bulging eyes suggest the subject is in psycho-active trance. The tense concentration with head

Taino Pre-Columbian Full Figure Anthropic Spatulate Form, possibly for purging prior to taking cohoba. Pierced eyes. Hands hold a medallion like object. The legs resemble those of a frog . A abstract

Taino Pre-Columbian Bird Spoon. Ceremonial two headed spoon. The head facing the viewer is a bird. The one at top of head is zoomorphic. The back of the spoon has two interlocking bird heads that ofte

PESTLE USED TO CRUSH THE HALLUCINOGENIC SEEDS OF THE COHOBA TREE. THE EXTREMELY LARGE HEAD SYMBOLIZES THE HEAD AS THE CENTER OF THE EXPANSIVE MIND. EYE AND MOUTH SURROUNDS AS WELL AS A WELL DEFINED HE

Taino Pre-Columbian Human-to-Iguana Transformation Cemi. Nicely relief carved in sumptuous serpentine. The eye are slit (closed) usually indicating entropic ecstasy. Subject squats with hand limply re

Taino PreColumbian Heavy Portrait head of an ancestor or deity made from Jade. Very nice proportions, simple but expressive. Top of the head is carved in a tabular oblique fashion, with duck head ear

STAND. ON REVERSE A BIRD HEAD I HAS BEEN CARVED AS AN ANIMAL ALLY. THE SHAMAN/PRIEST KNEES IN A REVERENT POSE. THE SKELETAL HEAD SYMBOLIZING SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION VIA COHOBA SNUFFING. DEEP SET EYES

Taino Pre-Columbian, Fully Formed Anthropo-Zoomorphic Lime Pot. Entirely Incised in symbols and anatomical features. Swirl eyes symbolize drug intoxication. Small vessels similar to this pot were used

Taino Pre-Columbian Stone Bird Ax. Axes often portrayed owls a frequent ally of the shaman. This example has owl like eyes but the beak is long and narrow beak like a hummingbird. Hummingbirds were hi

PETALOID CELT. A FINE DEEP RELIEF CARVED MALE CACIQUE (CHIEF) OR AN ANCESTRAL BEING. DEPICTED AS SITTING, THE ROUND (DILATED) EYES AND GAPING MOUTH ARE ALL SYMBOLIC OF HALLUCINOGENIC INTOXICATION. THE

BROAD ANTHROPIC FACE AND 2 NUBS REPRESENTING RESIDUAL LEGS. PROBABLY USED TO HOLD THE HALLUCINOGEN COHOBA FOR DISTRIBUTION DURING A DRUG INDUCED RITUAL. MADE OF A FINE GRAINED SILICIFIED SANDSTONE. LE

REPRESENTATION OF A FERTILITY FIGURE, THE HANDS ON THE BELLY SYMBOLIZE PUSHING WHILE THE PROTRUSION BETWEEN THE LEGS SIGNIFIES A BIRTHING BULGE. THE EYES ARE PIERCED TO CONNECT, A UNIQUE TAINO DESIGN

Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1000-1500 CE. This striking example features a stylized anthropomorphic face that depicts a skull-like human face with circular sunken

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

A Taino Zemi head, flat carved stone with classic Zemi facial features. Dimensions: 7-3/8" H x 6' W; Weight: 4 lbs 3 oz. Provenance: Ex private collection, Bronx, NY NOTE: This lot has a reserve.