Cohoba is a Taíno transliteration for a ceremony in which the ground seeds of the cojóbana tree (Anadenanthera spp.) were inhaled, the Y-shaped nasal snuff...

Anadenanthera peregrina, also known as yopo, jopo, cohoba, parica or calcium tree, is a perennial tree of the genus Anadenanthera native to the Caribbean...

with shell inlay. 27 in. (68.5 cm) high. Dominican Republic: 15th-16th century. The bowl atop the figure's head was used to hold cohoba during rituals....

primarily as sources of the hallucinogenic snuffs vilca/cebil and yopo/cohoba. The main active constituent of Anadenanthera is bufotenin. Anadenanthera...

which are believed to be a receptacle for hallucinogenic snuff called cohoba, prepared from the beans of a species of Piptadenia tree. These trays have...

trade, creating the tri-racial Creole culture found in the country today. Cohoba inhaler in the form of a shaman Duho (Ceremonial wooden stool), Hispaniola...

successful crop, other caciques would offer her part of their food during the cohoba ceremony. However, given Guabancex's volatile temper, these efforts often...

plants have been placed into this genus at one time, for example Yopo (Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo or Parica – Anadenanthera peregrina – as Inga niopo). The seeds...

side-kick of thunder God Guatauva. Bayamanaco Old man fire; the Taíno spirit of Cohoba and guardian of the secrets of sweet potato bread. Boinayel God of the sun...

of shamanism, healing, and magic, such as the use of tobacco, digo, and cohoba. Robbing Bayamanaco established the casabe as a basic food in their diet;...