Coca leaves soaked in petrol for 24 hours to further leach out cocaine alkaloid. Liquid then poured off hydrochloric acid added to act as catalyst to form cocaine base then acetate and ether act as...

Llanero workers mixing sodium bicarbonate powder into coca leaves to help leach out cocaine alkaloid as leaves sweat in the sun.

Barasana Indian sub group of Trukano picking coca leaves in a chagra slash and burn cultivation patch in Vaupes N W AmazoniaMan picking Coca leaves

Sacred box of ceremonial feather head-dresses ritual adornments hung from maloca longhouse roof and brought down only for festivals /dances. Royal crane tail feather headdress dyed bark-cloth apr...

Sacred box of feather head-dresses Ð macaw red royal crane white duck down white and tiny turquoise blue humming bird feathers. Monkey tail belt and deer bone stay for head gear; black nuts for...

Shaman beats ceremonial kurubeti / stave to fend off evil spirits and thunder storms. Adorned with white egret down and macaw tail feather crown monkey tooth belt red karajuru facial paint and bl...

Man with ceremonial feather head-dress Ð crown of white egret down macaw and toucan breast feathers royal crane and macaw tail feathers; forest nut arm band red ochote berry facial paintAmazon I...

Tukano musical instruments with a stool used by tribal elders and shamans; engraved maracas bamboo flute bamboo panpipesAmazon Indigenous Tribes Rio Piraparana American Colombian South America Vaup...

Man carrying dried yarumo leaves for coca process. Bundles of fresh palm leaves in foreground for re-thatching maloca / longhouse roof. Indigenous Tribes Rio Piraparana North West Amazonia Amaz...

Headman with yucca flour basket his brother with fishing rods walk through yucca and banana cultivation patch with maloca / longhouse in backgroundIndigenous Tribes Rio Piraparana North West Ama...

2 men making a canoe from a single tree trunk. After initial shaping with axes canoe burnt and sides expanded in heat with wooden spacers. Burning slims sides shapes and hardens the woodIndigenous...

Man beaches his canoe at a river port; note fishing rod and typically shaped Amazonian paddle.Indigenous Tribes rio Piraparana North West Amazonia Amazon American Colombian European South America Vu...