Definition of "zemis" []

• Plural form of zemi. (noun)

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• ""zemis," carved of wood and stone in grotesque form, and of which some are still occasionally found in caverns or tombs."
• "They lived in large villages governed by chiefs and worshiped zemis, spirits of gods or ancestors embodied in ceramic and stone, which they placed in caneys."
• "Among the more than 125 objects on view are exquisitely carved stone and wooden duhos; spatulas fashioned out of bone or wood and used to induce vomiting, an act of ritual purification; ceremonial stone axes; intricately carved stone and shell amulets; stone collars decorated with anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and enigmatic patterns; and zemis, representations of gods and ancestors imbued with magical power."