Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick - Art for Eternity
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Taino Wood Ritual Spatula or Swallow Stick

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Hispanolia, Ca. 1100 to 1450 AD

The Taino of the Caribbean islands centered their religion on the worship of zemis, or deities. Shamans (behiques) served as intermediaries between supernatural and natural worlds. They communicated with deities by inhaling cohoba powder, a hallucinogen that was mixed with tobacco to maximize its effect. Carved spoons were used to ladle the powder, which was then inhaled through the nose with a tube. Before ingestion, the shaman purified himself by purging with a vomiting stick.  Ritual objects of bone and wood such as the ones seen here were exquisitely carved with images of zemis, who helped the shaman achieve ecstatic states.

Size 13 1/4 inches height + custom mount.

For similar examples and further Shamanistic iconography see 'Taino, Pre Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean' a museum exhibition from El Museo Del Barrio.

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