. Bulletin. Ethnology. 680 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143 Instead of tobacco, some groups used parica leaves, which are said to contain some nicotine. The tobacco leaves were first dried on a platform or exposed to the fire at the end of a cleft stick or on an upturned pan or a potsherd, and then pulverized in an ash-heated small mortar, gen- erally made of a Brazil nut shell. The powder was mixed in equal pro- portion with the ashes of a bark or the hull of cacao beans. It was in- haled through two tubes, (fig. 101, b), occasionally through a single tube, made of the hollow leg bone
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 680 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143 Instead of tobacco, some groups used parica leaves, which are said to contain some nicotine. The tobacco leaves were first dried on a platform or exposed to the fire at the end of a cleft stick or on an upturned pan or a potsherd, and then pulverized in an ash-heated small mortar, gen- erally made of a Brazil nut shell. The powder was mixed in equal pro- portion with the ashes of a bark or the hull of cacao beans. It was in- haled through two tubes, (fig. 101, b), occasionally through a single tube, made of the hollow leg bones of a bird, wrapped together with cotton. Figure 101.—Ipurind tobacco container (a) and inhaler (&). (Redrawn from Ehrenreich, 1891 a, fig. 41.) thread and wax. One end of each tu,be was rounded with wax so as to fit the nostrils. The Cashinawa snuffing apparatus was V-shaped, per- mitting the snuffer to blow the powder into his own nose or have it blown in by a companion. Even when using the vertical tube, Indians were often assisted by a friend who held the powder in the palm of the hand. The Casharari took parica in the form of clysters administered with a rubber syringe. The tobacco or carica (, parica) powder was kept in a snuff box, gen- erally a snail shell {Pomacea), furnished with a cockle shell and a small pouring tube (fig. 101, a). The Cashinawa looked upon tobacco snuff as a prophylaxis against colds and influenza. The Ipurind were much given to coca chewing and were seldom without a quid in their cheeks. The Cashinawa induced hallucination by drinking a decoction of the bark of an unidentified creeper called honi, probably a species of Banisteri- opsis. Under the intoxicating effect of the drug, they perspired, trembled, saw dangerous animals, and were seized by homicidal fury. Later they perceived swarms of souls calling them, and felt themselves transported to the land of the spirits, who showered them with Please note that these images are
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