Sold2016Taino Anthropic Figure w. Contorted Arms (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic Figure w. Contorted Arms (1000-1500 CE). Nicely detailed eye surrounds and anatomical features. Made of fine grained metamorphic stone. Size: 3'' x 1'' x 1.5'' (8 x 3 x 4 cm). ProvenanSee Sold Price
Sold2018Taino Anthropic Kneeling Figure (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic Kneeling Figure (1000-1500 CE). Hands rest on neck. Vertebral column extends into a spider-like head incorporated into the column design. Made from a heavy volcanic stone with a magnetSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Animate Anthropic Stone Figure (1000-1500 CE)Taino Animate Anthropic Stone Figure (1000-1500 CE). Base is engaged in geometric design. 4'' x 3'' x 3.75'' (10 x 8 x 10 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: Art of the Gods.See Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Fine Beveled Knife w. Anthropic Handle (1000-1500Taino Fine Beveled Knife w. Anthropic Handle (1000-1500 CE). Made of magnetite with slight magnetic field. Size: 1'' x 2'' x 5.25'' (3 x 5 x 13 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino SculpturSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropic figureTaino (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 proSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Anthropic Female EffigyTaino (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 magneSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Anthropic Pipe Face on Bowl (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic Pipe Face on Bowl (1000-1500 CE), with residual arms reaching behind head. Made of nice white marble with some scattered black coloration. Size: 1.5'' x 1.5'' x 4'' (4 x 4 x 10 cm). PrSee Sold Price
Sold2017Taino Stone Anthropic Pipe (1000-1500 CE)Taino Stone Anthropic Pipe (1000-1500 CE). Human-like figure appears at base of bowl and down pipe stem. Triangulate symbols surround bowl. Size: 3.5'' x 1.25'' x 1.5'' (9 x 3 x 4 cm). Provenance: LarSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Recumbent Skeletal Frog Man (1000-1500 CE)Taino Recumbent Skeletal Frog Man (1000-1500 CE). The recurved base suggests it may have been worn on arm. Eyes are raised in slits denoting a dream state or trance. Made of basalt. 4"L x 1.75"W, (10See Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Anthropic Snuffing Vessel (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic Snuffing Vessel (1000-1500 CE). The retention hole is relatively small suggesting this was a dosing vessel used to maintain the cohoba illumination. Made of a rich variegated serpentinSee Sold Price
Sold2017Taino Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE). Hands behind head. Inhalers or snuffers were used to ingest the hallucinogen, cohoba, during ritual gatherings. Complex symbols surround ports. Size: 5''See Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Anthropic/Shaman Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE)Taino Anthropic/Shaman Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE). Used to inhale the hallucinogenic powder of ground cohoba seeds. Made of rhyolite. Size: 4.5'' x 2'' x 1.5'' (11 x 5 x 4 cm). Provenance: Larry RoSee Sold Price
Sold2018Taino Big Eared Anthropic Pendant (1000-1500 CE)Taino Big Eared Anthropic Pendant Serpentine (1000-1500 CE). Four symbolic swirls on back. Size: 3.5'' x 2.5'' x 1.5'' (9 x 6 x 4 cm). Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: Art of theSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Reclining Figure Atop an Ax Form (1000-1500 CE)Taino Reclining Figure Atop an Ax Form (1000-1500 CE), A nicely patterned serpentine stone carving with a complex symbolic band of twin interlocking bird heads. Subject's feet bend over back and a secSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino Full Figure Anthropic Cemi/StampTaino 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 liSee Sold Price
Sold2022Quimbaya Pottery Male Figure w/ Copper Nose Ring**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca region, Quimbaya, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of an attenuated form standing atop a pair of separated legs. The figSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (1000-1500 CE) Cohoba Anthropic InhalerTaino (1000-1500 CE) Cohoba Anthropic Inhaler. Made of a dark green/gray even-grained hard stone, possibly basalt. Crouched position. Top of head reveals frog head brow, a symbolic device originatingSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) EffigyTaino (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 bSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Full Figure Cohoba InhalerTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Full figure Cohoba inhaler. Type 2. Subject is female and pushing stomach possibly depicting Atabey goddess of fertility or one of the female wind goddesses. Nice precise detaiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Taino Stone Zemi Figure, 3-Pointed TrigonolithPre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino / Arawak Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A remarkably well-preserved stone zemi figure presenting in a traditional 3-pointed form known as a trSee Sold Price
Sold202211th C. Taino Stone Pestle w/ Zemi HeadPre-Columbian, Caribbean Islands, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved stone pestle with a dense, egg-shaped body surmounted by the head of a mythological deity known as a zemi. It is possSee Sold Price
Sold2023Taino Stone Pestle w/ Bird HeadPre-Columbian, Caribbean Islands, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved pestle that is pecked and polished into a sturdy form surmounted by an abstract avian head with enormous eyes, perhapSee Sold Price
Sold2018Pre-Columbian Taino Stone Seated FigurePre-Columbian, Caribbean/Florida, Taino people, 1000 to 1500 CE. A stone carving of a seated figure with gaping eyes and a skull-like face. If it hadn't been made by people in the pre-Columbian New WoSee Sold Price
Sold2019Horqueta Pottery Lidded Jar w/ Serpentine Figures**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, San Agustin, Horqueta-Primavera Period, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A brownware terracotta vessel with a rounded base, a twin-headed serpent wrapped aroSee Sold Price
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