- TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) PIPE W. SKELETAL
TRANSFORMATION...Taino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Pipe w. Skeletal Transformation. A transforming skeletal figure embraces the bowl. Appears to be a human to frog metamorphosis. Two...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) FROG PIPETaino
(c. 1000-1500 CE) Frog mother pipe. Bowl features frog face while long arm reach from sides of bowl to center of stem. Stem has 3 bands of symbolic ideograms. Jasper like...
[more like this] - TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) CEREMONIAL VOMIT
STICKTaino (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...
[more like this] - TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) PENDANTTaino
(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...
[more like this] - TAINO (C. 1000-1500 CE) RHINOCEROS IGUANATaino
(c. 1000-1500 CE) fine full figure rhinoceros iguana. Head elevated skyward and feet curl in what appears to be a reverent position. Raised area on nose resembles a frog head...
[more like this] - TAINO BASALT BIRD MAN PENDANTTaino.
Very large basalt bird man pendant. Birdmen were shaman leaders who lead through drug induced seances and force of personality. The size of this piece suggests it was worn...
[more like this] - TAINO STONE ZEMI W/ TRANSFORMATION FIGUREPre-Columbian,
Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino / Arawak Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Among the only items specifically referenced by Spanish chroniclers of the 15th century,...
[more like this] - REMARKABLE TAINO STONE ZEMI FIGURE HOLDING
WEAPONPre-Columbian, Caribbean/Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. A fascinating stone carving of a stylized figure known as a zemi, presenting an ovoid form....
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN TAINO FIGURATIVE STONE
DAGGER1300 AD - 1500 AD. FINELY CARVED WITH FROG DESIGN, DENSE DIORITE BLACK. FOUND IN A CAVE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN 1940. 10 1/4" LONG....
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN TAINO STONE PESTLE WITH
FROG DESIGN1200 AD TO 1500 AD, 8" HIGH. SHOWS THIN STRATA OF WHITE STONE....
[more like this] - INDIGENOUS CARVED STONE FROGIndigenous
carved stone frog, likely Taino, 4" l.
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Condition:
Wear commensurate with age....
[more like this] - TAINO FROG MAN LIME PESTLE. CIRCA 800–1500
AD.The pestle has a rich, dark green serpentine. The small pestles were probably used to crush line made from burned shell fragments. The small size may also be used to grind...
[more like this] - TAINO ZEMI. CIRCA 800–1500 AD. ZOOMORPHIC
TYPEfive Zemi head. Unusually long base protrusions extends from the back. The zoomorphic head appears to be in transition from human to frog or iguana form. Base is concave,...
[more like this] - ROTUND TAINO ANTHROPIC CEMI. CIRCA 800–1500
AD.This piece is made from magnetite, it's heavy weight reiterates the figures full form. It follows Haitian design elements like round, embossed, donut eyes and frog feet....
[more like this] - EARLY TAINO SALADOID FROG AX. CIRCA
200-1000 AD.An extremely rare ax form made from a hard, dense stone. So named for the frog like profile out of the top of the ax. Similar forms have been found on St. Vincent...
[more like this] - TAINO ANTHROPIC CELT. CIRCA 800 -1500
AD. MADEfrom magnetite. This type typifies the north central coast of Haiti. The ovate face closed eyes and frog like hand and feet are common motifs from this area. 8" length....
[more like this] - TAINO STONE COHOBA INHALER USED TO INGEST
THEHALLUCINOGEN COHOBA. FROG LIKE FIGURE WITH MASK OR FACE ON VERSO. FROGS WERE SYMBOLS OF FERTILITY, ABUNDANCE AND RAIN. 5" LONG. 1,000 - 1,500 A.D....
[more like this] - TAINO FROG ZEMI STAMP. A FULL FIGURE
FROG 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...
[more like this] - TAINO ANTHROPIC PENDANT. PROBABLY DEPICTINGAtabey,
goddess of fertility and sacred frog mother. Frog head brow line. Birthing bulge forms nose for "spirit form". Arms up and spread legs are symbols of birthing among the Taino....
[more like this] - TAINO VOMIT SPATULA OR PURGING STICK.
IMPRESSIVEcurvilinear design shaped to accommodate the throat. A frog crouches at top and two swirls decorate upper shaft. The top area is gently worn from ceremonial use...
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