﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1929.--Krieger 
  

  

  Plate 
  1 
  1 
  

  

  A 
  SWALLOWING 
  STICK 
  FASHIONED 
  FROM 
  A 
  RiB 
  OF 
  THE 
  MANATEE 
  

  

  This 
  object 
  was 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  throat 
  to 
  produce 
  vomiting 
  preparatory 
  to 
  purification 
  rites 
  

   associated 
  with 
  Taino 
  religion. 
  

  

  