Vomit stick for the shamanic ceremony of the « cohoba », sculpted in a bone of a manatee. The stick is adorned with the figure of the mythical ancestor “zemi”. A drug recipient is carved in the figure of the “zemi”.
Very fine and rare object of the first civilization encountered by the Spaniards, which was totally whipped out in 50 years.
Carribean, Taino, 10th – 15th century A.D.