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Collection of Briscada Angels and Doll Heads with Wings41.1275.250a

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Material
silver metal, tinsel, wire, cloth, hair and shell
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Collar56.190.3

By exchange

Material
gold
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Cohoba Spoon1997.175.2

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.


Los Taíno de las islas Caribeñas centraban su religión en la adoración de zemis o deidades. Los chamanes (behiques) servían como intermediarios entre los mundos sobrenatural y natural. Ellos se comunicaban con las deidades mediante la inhalación del polvo de cohoba, un alucinógeno que se mezclaba con tabaco para maximizar su efecto. Cucharas talladas se usaban para verter el polvo, el cual era inhalado con un tubo por la nariz. Antes de ingerirlo, el chamán se purificaba purgándose con una espátula para vomitar. Objetos rituales de hueso y madera como los que se ven aquí estaban exquisitamente tallados con imágenes de zemis, quienes ayudaban al chamán a alcanzar el estado de trance.

Culture
Taino
Material
bone
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Codex Coyotepec (Map and Land Grant)38.4

A. Augustus Healy Fund

Material
ink on european paper
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Coca-Leaf Box41.1275.7

VESSELS FOR SERVING TEA AND YERBA MATÉ
The drinks served in the Spanish American estrado varied from region to region. In South America coca-leaf teas and yerba maté, a tea-like beverage made from the dried leaves of a mild stimulant, were favored. Indispensable for preparing and serving these drinks were boxes and tea caddies for the herbs, silver water heaters called pavas, silver filtering straws called bombillas, and silver maté cups. The shapes of these maté cups reflect those of local gourds, which were originally used to serve the beverage.


VASIJAS PARA SERVIR EL TÉ Y LA YERBA MATE

Las bebidas servidas en el estrado hispanoamericano variaban de región en región. En Sudamérica se favorecían las infusiones de hoja de coca y de yerba mate, una bebida estimulante suave parecida al té hecha con las hojas secas de un arbusto sudamericano. Indispensables para preparar y servir estas bebidas eran las cajas y los contenedores para las hierbas, los calentadores de agua de plata llamados pavas, las pajillas de plata para filtrar llamadas bombillas y tazas de plata para el mate. La forma de estas tazas para el mate refleja la de las calabazas locales, que originalmente se usaban para servir la bebida.

Material
metal and cloth
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Coca Bag2004.53.54

Gift of Victor P. Nunez

Material
cotton camelid fibre ?
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Coca Bag64.210.16

Gift of Dr. Werner Muensterberger

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid fibre wool ?
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Circular Section of Vertebrate incised with lines and circles66.63.37

By exchange

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Circular Pin41.1275.268

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Material
silver metal
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Chicomecoatl - Seated Figure of Goddess48.22.3

By exchange

Culture
Aztec
Material
stone
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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