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36 - TAINO SPATULA
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£7,000 - 9,000 (€8,300 - 11,000)Sale fees
TAINO SPATULA GREATER ANTILLES, 800 - 1500 A.D. carved stone, the spatula features a long, tapering shaft topped by a compact, abstracted anthropomorphic figure, the head is forward-leaning with exaggerated features, and the arms are folded tightly against the body, raised on a bespoke mount 30cm tall Provenance: Karl Stimm, Antwerp Dr A. Médard, Berlare, collection formed 1960s - 1980s Private collection, London Taíno sculptors created ceremonial objects, known as vomit spatulas, spoons, or vomitivos, featuring stylised human and animal forms. Used in purification rites, these tools helped shamans (behiques) induce vomiting before entering trance states brought on by inhaling cohoba, a hallucinogenic snuff. Carved from bone, wood, shell, or occasionally stone, they were often linked to zemis, ancestral spirits central to Taíno religion. In communal rituals, these implements served as both practical tools and sacred conduits to the spirit world.
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