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PUERTO RICAN BORIKEN TAINO RITUAL VOMIT STICKS. Two Taino ritual vomit wooden sticks, an artifact central to the religious practices of the Taino people, including those who inhabited Puerto Rico (Boriken). These sticks were used in the cohoba ritual, a significant ceremony for the Taino, where shamans (behiques) would induce vomiting as a purification rite before inhaling cohoba powder, a hallucinogen used to communicate with the spirit world and deities (zemis). Cohoba Ritual: this ritual was crucial for Taino spiritual leaders to interact with the supernatural realm. - Length: up to 20 inches.
Estimate $150-200

Sold for $300


       
 

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