Taino Type-1 Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler

This Taino Type-1 Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler served as a tool for administering the hallucinogenic substance known as cohoba. Size: 4.75'' x 1.5'' x 1.5'' (12 x 4 x 4 cm). Its design indicates a connect

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

Taino Type 1 Cohoba inhaler. Published. Twin birds fit the Taino cosmo-vision of duality, or complimentary opposites, i.e. man/woman, sun/moon, right/left etc. in this case 2 birds look in opposing di

Taino. Anthropo-zoomorphic cohoba snuffer, type 1. Inhalers were used to consume the botanical hallucinogen cohoba. The triangulate nose points to a reptilian transition from human form. Subject pushe

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 Ro

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''

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

Taino Large Standing Anthropic Cohoba Inhaler. For the snuffing of the powdered hallucinogen. Strong skeletal facial features. Pierced at jaw line and wrists. Arms combine with hands to form "spirit f

Exquisite Ornate Taino Type-1 Zemi with Anthropic Head and Spider-Like Posterior, a captivating representation of Taino artistry and spiritual symbolism. This remarkable artifact showcases the mastery

Taino. A short Type 3 Cohoba inhaler featuring a skeletal frog/human persona. The body is more erect than usual and covers the entire snuffing channel. The figure has extended arms and looks skyward i

Taino (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 originating

Taino (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 detai

This remarkable Taino Bird-Man (Shaman) Cohoba Inhaler showcases intricate details and symbolic elements that reflect the rich artistic traditions of the Taino culture. Size: 3.75'' x 1.5'' x 1.5'' (1

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

Taino Anthropic Shell Vomit Spatula. Used to purge and clean the body prior to taking the hallucinogen cohoba. Measures 6 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 3/8". Provenance: Larry Roberts, author of Taino Sculpture: "A

Taino Cohoba Inhaler. Well made with Anthropomorphic figure draper between snuffing ports, hands resting on back of head. Head dominates design as center of entropic visual experience. Water symbols s

Taino Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 BC) Well conceived Frog-Woman. Hands on stomach symbolized pushing during birth. Undulating lines between legs symbolize amniotic fluid or water. Cohoba was the halluci

Taino. Type 1 zemi with a pronounced tilt to cone crest. The finely detailed extended head and well defined protruding legs defines the superior craftsmanship of this particular zemi. The forehead has

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 carved andesite Cohoba ceremonial inhaler; in the form of a crouching male figure, with incised detailing; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, auth

Taino carved stone Cohoba ceremonial inhaler; of zoomorphic form, with incised detailing; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican Chron

A 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 th

STAND. ON REVERSE A BIRD HEAD I HAS BEEN CARVED AS AN ANIMAL ALLY. THE SHAMAN/PRIEST KNEES IN A REVERENT POSE. THE SKELETAL HEAD SYMBOLIZING SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION VIA COHOBA SNUFFING. DEEP SET EYES

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