Sold2020Taino Figural Cohaba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE)Taino. Fascinating Full figure drug receptacle shaped like a head with residual arms and legs. The hollow eyes and mouth were probably used for retaining and mixing drugs. The mouth for cohoba and oneSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Figural Bird Ax (1000-1500 CE)Taino Figural Bird Ax (1000-1500 CE). Small volutes at center may represent feet. Large eyes suggest bird, possibly an owl. Simple but imposing. Size: 9'' x 4.5'' x 1.5'' (23 x 11 x 4 cm). Provenance:See 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
Sold2019A published Taino rhyolite figural Cohoba inhalerA published Taino rhyolite figural Cohoba inhaler, c. AD 1000 - 1500, used of the consumption of the hallucinogen Cohoba. Finely carved in rhyolite with quartz inclusions, the substance was inhaled thSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Speckled Green Serpentine Bird Man Cohoba InhalerTaino 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'' xSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Engraved Cohoba Inhaler in Human-ReptilianTaino Beautifully Engraved Cohoba Inhaler in Human to Reptilian Transition (1000-1500 CE). Made of basalt like stone. Complex symbolic representations front and back. Large head a symbolic reference tSee Sold Price
Sold2018Rare Pair of Taino Stone Amulets - Ex-Peter Arnovick**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Two petite Taino figural amulets, one carved from a white stone with dark inclusions, and the otherSee Sold Price
Sold2024Arawak Taino Stone Figural Zemi Ancestor CarvingPre-Columbian, Caribbean Islands, Dominican Republic, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A large effigy figure known as a zemi carved from stone, depicting a figure lying on his back with handSee Sold Price
Sold2018Authentic Taino Stone Zemi Figural AmuletPre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Taino people, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An intriguing male zemi figural amulet, hand-carved from a mottled black-and-white stone, with abstract and enigmatic features. TSee 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) 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
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Double Chambered BowlTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE). An elaborate double chambered figural bowl. Featuring two rhinoceros iguanas as handles. The rhinoceroses iguana still lives in the Dominican Republic and is identified by a cSee Sold Price
Sold2020Full Figure Cohoba InhalerFull Figure Cohoba Inhaler – circa 1000-1500 AD, used to snuff the hallucinogen chohoba, though stuffing was practiced throughout Meso America the Taino were the only Culture to carve Figural StSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Taino (1000-1500 CE) Ceremonial Monolithic AxeRare Taino (1000-1500 CE) Ceremonial Monolithic Axe. Made of a fine grained hard stone similar to basalt. In the form of a snake's head resting at the top of the stone blade, with its tail extending dSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (1000-1500 CE) Cohoba Frogmen VesselTaino (1000-1500 CE) Cohoba Frogmen Vessel, striated calcite. The ovular vessel with flanking full figure frogman handles. Since frogs were fertility symbols this vessel was probably used to hold cohoSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (1000-1500 CE) Twin Bird Head Ceremonial AxeTaino (1000-1500 CE) Twin Bird Head Ceremonial Axe. Carved greenish white translucent stone. Birds were considered cosmic allies guiding projected spirits during hallucinogenic quests. A decorative baSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (1000-1500 CE) Small Antropic Duho PendantTaino (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 supportSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (1000-1500 CE) Anthromorphic Cemi/StampTaino (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 symbolSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Bat-Shaped Cohoba Bowl, 10.5"Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE). A wonderfully conceived masterpiece of Taino art. Simple yet elegant. A bat shaped shallow cohoba bowl. Used to contain the hallucinogen cohoba during shamanic rituals. Bats wSee Sold Price
2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Vomit StickTaino (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 thSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Wooden Zemi (Lignum Vitae)Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Wooden Zemi made of Lignum Vitae. This wood is related to the creosote tree and is bug and decay resistant. Therefore the Greater Antilles is fortunate to have rare wooden cereSee Sold Price
Sold2020Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Macoris HeadTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Macoris Head. The severe sloping of the forehead suggests modification by cradle boarding typical of Macrois heads. Also the round form of the head is another design element coSee 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
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