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Taino Frog/Man Transformation (1000-1500 CE)

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Large Taino Iguana-man Transformation Pendant: Large Taino Iguana-man Transformation Pendant in sitting position. Slit eyes indicate hallucinogenic trance. Made of basalt. Dating c. 1000-1500 AD. Size: 3.5'' x 1'' x 2'' (9 x 3 x 5 cm). Provenance:

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Taino (1000-1500 CE) Small Antropic Duho Pendant: Taino (1000-1500 CE) Small Antropic Duho. Small carved hard stone tray possibly for mixing lime with hallucinogenic cohoba. The suspension holes suggest it was worn for ritual use. With 3 feet support

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Taino (1000-1500 CE) Anthromorphic Cemi/Stamp: 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

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Taino Owl-man Transformation Pendant: Taino Owl-man Transformation Pendant. Likely a shamans piece as owls were shaman allies who helped find cures for alienated and disruptive spirits that dwelled in the dark. Made of a golden colored ma

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Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Effigy: Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Full figure anthropo-zoomorphic effigy. Closed eyes, head resting on front feet, extended ear-like ear ornaments, and recumbent position may be a canine reference. Appears to b

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Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Rhinoceros Iguana: Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) fine full figure rhinoceros iguana. Head elevated skyward and feet curl in what appears to be a reverent position. Raised area on nose resembles a frog head when viewed with ig

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Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropic Female Effigy: Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropic full figure female effigy. This is probably an ancestral deity who formerly held an elite position in Taino society and revered later in folklore. Made of hefty magne

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Taino Pre-Columbian Human-to-Iguana Transformation Cemi: 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

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Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Pendant: Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE). Impressive marble pendant. Hands pushing belly, vaginal slit and frog head brow suggests the primary goddess of fertility Atabey (frog mother). Typical eye margins. Well carve

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Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropic figure: Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Nicely conceived male Anthropic figure. Not a pendant. Males are not as frequently depicted in TAINO art. The discrepancy points to a female based religious system. Unusual pro

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Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Framed Carvings: Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE). Framed examples of progression of art work by Taino craftsmen. Stone. Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: Art of the Gods. Carvings range in size from: 1'' x

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Taino Ancestral Face (1000-1500 CE): 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

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Taino Anthropic Cemi (1000-1500 CE): Taino Anthropic Cemi with a pair of heads as shoulders. Quite unusual. The head of the primary figure is flattened like a cohoba receptacle. It is free standing. Typical figure with figure eight eye s

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Taino Frog/Man Transformation (1000-1500 CE)

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Taino Frog/Man Transformation (1000-1500 CE) with hands and feet curling under belly. Carved green stone with white inclusions. 1.75"H x 1.75"W x 3.25"D, (4 x 4 x 8 cm).

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Taino Frog/Man Transformation (1000-1500 CE)

Name: Taino Frog/Man Transformation (1000-1500 CE)
SKU: 48462840
Price: 200 USD
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