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TAINO ZOOMORPHIC COHOBA INHALER

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Taino Type 3 Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE): Taino. Type 3 Cohoba inhaling tube with 2 heads. Each head has arms that raise from shoulders with hands resting at the back of heads. There is a square inclusion under the chin of one of the heads th

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Taino Petite Anthropo-zoomorphic Cohoba Snuffer: Taino Petite Bird Man Cohoba Inhaler. Probably representing a woodpecker, credited in Taino mythology with opening first women to male accessibility. Bird men were shaman in most pre-Hispanic indigeno

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Taino Full Figure Bird Man Cohoba Inhaler: Taino Full figure bird man cohoba inhaler Type 1. Anthropic figure transforms to avian form. All inhaling ports are covered in symbolic bands. On reverse at least two ghost faces appear in the decorat

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Taino Speckled Green Serpentine Bird Man Cohoba Inhaler: Taino Beautiful Speckled Green Serpentine Bird Man Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE). Huge spiritually centered head symbolizes the head as the nucleus of the transcendental journey. Size: 2'' x 1.75'' x

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Rare Taino Lizard-man Transformation Pipe: Rare Taino Lizard-man Transformation Pipe. Anthropo-zoomorphic figure hangs from bottom of bowl. Pipes may have been used to smoke a cohoba/tobacco mixture. Made of basalt. Dating c. 1000-1500 AD. Siz

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Impressive Large Taino Stone Cohoba Pestle (1000-1500: Taino Stone Cohoba Pestle, with Full Figure Shaman or Cacique at top. Nicely detailed body with expressive face. The skeletal body denotes the transcendental experience of the hallucinogen cohoba wher

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TAINO CARVED COHOBA PESTLE: Taino carved stone Cohoba ceremonial pestle; the tapered cylindrical form surmounted by two owl heads; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Do

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Taino Fossilized Coral Monkey Cohoba Trey (900-1500 AD): Taino Fossilized Coral Monkey Cohoba Trey (900-1500 AD) Cohoba, a potent hallucinogen made of ground tree seeds, was the mind-altering substance of choice for Taino Behiques (shamans). The powder was

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Taino Pounder w/ Frog, Puerto Rico (900-1500 AD): Taino Pounder w/ Frog, Puerto Rico (900-1500 AD)This pestle is a fine example of Taino craftmanship, used to grind cohoba seads in preperation for hallucinogenic journeys. The stylized coqui frog sits

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$Taino Dark Green Zemi (900-1500 AD): Taino Owl Behique Pounder (900-1500 AD) Cohoba, a potent hallucinogen made of ground tree seeds, was the mind-altering substance of choice for Taino and Macorix \"behiques\" (shamans). A pounder such$

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Taino Owl Behique Pounder (900-1500 AD): Taino Owl Behique Pounder (900-1500 AD) Cohoba, a potent hallucinogen made of ground tree seeds, was the mind-altering substance of choice for Taino and Macorix "behiques" (shamans). A pounder such as

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Taino Stone Effigy Pestle: Prehistoric, Extremely rare hand carved basalt stone pestle with zoomorphic or humanoid head and bell shaped base. Ex. John Cockrell collection, Lake Oswego, Oregon. 6" x 3-3/4"

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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 Anthropic full figure lime pot: Taino Anthropic full figure lime pot. Lime vessels were used to mix powder shell with cohoba. The mixture activated the psychoactive drug bufotenine contained in cohoba. This example is exceptionally

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Item Details

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Taino carved stone Cohoba ceremonial inhaler; of zoomorphic form, with incised detailing; circa A.D. 1000-1500

Provenance:
Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican Chronicle
Collection of Alfredo Carrada, co-author of Taino Hallucinogenic Implements: Inhaling the Cosmic Dust, acquired from the above in 1989; L: 2 3/4" (approx.)

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TAINO ZOOMORPHIC COHOBA INHALER

Name: TAINO ZOOMORPHIC COHOBA INHALER
SKU: 76161582
Price: 300 USD
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