This straight snuff tube with two ports is humanoid head on an animal body, in a marble stone.  Note the slits for eyes and mouth, possibly indicating a state of meditation or drug-induced trance.  Also notice on the reverse, that the rear legs from the front look like eyes, with a large abstract smile on the other end.  This pereidolia effect is common in Taino sculpture, the use of an optical illusion, which may also reflect a hallucinatory image.


a bird's head on a human body chimera, The bird symbolizes movement, freedom, relocation, and may represent the spiritual flight of a shaman during a hallucinogenic ceremony.