TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) FINE TWO HEADEDPENDANTAn Extraordinarily Fine Two Headed Pendant, Carved Serpentine Stone. Ghost figures were often incorporated into heads and other parts of a figure's form adding further...
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TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) FROG MAN CEMI/STAMPTaino(c. 1000-1500 CE) Frog Man Cemi/Stamp. An artifact type unique to the Taino. Most Pre-Columbian stamps are functional and made from pottery. However Taino examples are ritually...
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TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) BEAUTIFUL LIMEPESTLE W. ANTHRO...A Beautiful Lime Pestle with Anthropic/Animal Transformation. Lime pestles were used to grind shell and other lime bearing material to powder to mix with...
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TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) CEREMONIAL VOMITSTICKTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Ceremonial Vomit stick. Full figure recumbent human with frog-like back legs and hands resting under chin, supporting head. The small size suggests...
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FINE TAINO / ARAWAK STONE ZEMI FIGUREPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Taino culture, Arawak People, ca. 15th century CE. A superb hand-carved stone figural effigy in ovoid form presenting a highly stylized figure known as a zemi....
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RARE TAINO STONE ZEMI STAMP W/ LINEARGLYPHSPre-Columbian, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is a remarkable hand-carved zemi figural stamp made from a creamy white quartzite stone...
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LARGE TAINO STONE SPHEROLITH / BALLPre-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...
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TAINO STONE SPHEROLITH / CEREMONIALGAME BALLPre-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...
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TAINO, LARGE MUSEUM QUALITY STONE BOWL.SINCE THEinside of the vessel is polished, it was likely used to hold cohoba. The bowl is semi-ovate with a 1.6" inclined rim that rubs around the bowl and is completely incised...
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TAINO ZEMI WITH LARGE EYES AND CLENCHEDTEETH. Alarge headband unites the ear spools. Two double beak, bird head symbols are engraved on the back of the cone. Made from a beautiful golden-pink colored jasper. 5...
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TAINO COHOBA INHALER. CIRCA 800–1500CE. ORNATEfully formed anthropic cohoba or yopo inhaler. Type three. Beautifully rendered eyes and a smiling mouth with a full set of teeth. The top port has been flared to...
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TAINO FROG ZEMI STAMP. A FULL FIGUREFROG RESTSon top of a beautifully mottled, translucent marble. A large abstract face covers the base. Length 3.74". Provenance: Larry Roberts collection, author of Taino Hallucinogenic...
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BEAUTIFUL TAINO FULL FIGURE BIRD MAN(SHAMAN)cohoba inhaler. Inhalers were used to snuff the Hallucinogenic drug cohoba yopo. Secondary head on beak. Extended arms and bifurcated legs. A ban of alternating triangle...
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AN INCREDIBLE TAINO ANTHROPIC AXE WITHDUCK HEADear ornaments and dog face (nose/mouth combination). Made of Metabasalt. Head band, brow, and neck band all incorporate interlocking bird heads, Taino symbols for...
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