Taino Impressive Large Marble Pendant (1000-1500 CE)

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

Taino Man/Iguana Transformation Pendant (1000-1500 CE). A carved marble pendant of a reclining man transforming into an iguana. 3.5"L, (9 cm).

Taino Human/Animal Transformation Pendant (1000-1500 CE). A large stylized human-animal transformation pendant carved from a grey basalt-like stone. Slit raised eyes emphasize a drug induced trance co

Taino Human/Lizard Transition Stone Pendant (1000-1500 CE) A large human to lizard transformation pendant with a secondary face visible looking down on eyes and feet (mouth). Made of a basalt like har

Exquisite Taino Marble Mask (1000-1500 CE). The stone is almost translucent. Possibly a god or ancestor with well sculpted facial features, head band and large ear spools. Size: 4.25"L (11 cm).

Taino Rich Serpentine (1000-1500 CE), beautifully made twin human to reptile Shamanic Transition Pendant. Rare form. Large point of focus power figure used during specific ceremonial events. Size: 4.5

Taino Point of Focus Iguana Spirit (1000-1500CE) Large Point of Focus Ceremonial Pendant Representing Human Transformation into Iguana Spirit Form. Iguana-Man holds sun disk, and exhibits profound ere

Taino Bird-Shape Pendant (1000-1500 CE) made of fossil coral. Long stylized beak with abstract wings. Eyes are slit indicating visionary trance. Size: 2.25'' x 2'' (6 x 5 cm).

Taino Zemi-Like Marble Head (1000-1500 CE). This type of translucent marble is typically found on the Samana Peninsula in the Dominican Republic. The head likely represents a deceased elite ancestral

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 the

Large Taino Serpentine Frog-Man Form (1000-1500 CE). Large serpentine frog-man/zemi--like form. Nicely polished to capture the luminous quality of the stone. åÊFigure is in transition from human to

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. What a find! A magnificent marble ceremonial stool known as a duho, impressively hand-carved in

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Carved in the form of a near perfect sphere, this is a stone ball created by the Taino peoples, perhaps for use in a ceremonial ball game. This ba

Pre-Columbian Taino of Ciboney peoples, Dominican Republic, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A lovely celt, or ceremonial hand axe, hand-carved from a green stone with dark inclusions. The petaloid axe has a thin

Large Taino carved marble pendant; of anthropomorphic form, showing incised detailing; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican Chronicl

Large Taino Anthropoid Pendant. Well made from a beautiful variegated serpentine. Exceptional color. Nice smooth surface. Dating c. 1000-1500 AD. Size: 4'' x 2'' x 1'' (10 x 5 x 3 cm). Provenance: Lar

Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Framed necklace. Found in Haiti. Containers 5 andesite pendants. The Haitian Taino typically used this type of stone or shell for their pendants. Either limited by available st

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:

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

Pre-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 hand

Taino Serpentine Zoomorphic Effigy (1000-1500 CE) featuring complex bird forms integrated into the body. A humming bird rests on the large bird beak, its bill resting on the larger bird's forehead. Si

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:

Taino 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 t

Taino Cemi/Stamp Head (1000-1500 CE). Published in "Taino Sculpture: Art Of the Gods" page 47. Picture 59. Reverse, a set of undulating interfacing lines. Made of marble, with well defined face and a