Young Barasana shaman Pacico draws for anthropologist Stephen Hugh-Jones the colour visions he sees when under the influence of hallucinogenic drug Yage.Tukano sedentary Indian tribe North Western Am...

Barasana tribesman Pacico a shaman painting clay design onto yaje pot used to hold hallucinogenic yaje juice from vine species Banisteriopsis used for shamanic and religious purposesTukano sedentar...

Barasana tribesman painting white yellow clay & black charcoal design onto yaje pot used to hold hallucinogenic yaje juice from vine species Banisteriopsis drunk during shamanic and religious ceremoni...

Barasana woman Paulina headman Boscos sister making clay cooking pot. Note the larger fired pot behind her. A fine potter whose death has marked the virtual extinction of pottery-making amongst the...

Barasana woman Paulina making clay cooking pot from grey river clay. Tukano sedentary Indian tribe North Western Amazonia American Colombian Columbia Female Women Girl Lady Hispanic Indegent Latin Ame...

Barasana woman Paulina the headman Boscos sister making clay pot.Her death has marked the virtual extinction of pottery-making amongst the Barasana. Tukano sedentary Indian tribe North Western Amaz...

Barasana shaman playing deer skull flute outside the maloca/large communal home.Tukano sedentary Indian tribe North Western Amazonia American Colombian Columbia Hispanic Indegent Latin America Latino...

Group of young Barasana dancing a panpipe dance inside maloca/communal home - their bodies and faces painted with red ochote for ceremonial manioc festival.Tukano sedentary Indian tribe North Western...

Barasana stave dance hollow yarumo wood staves rhythmically pounded on ground Line of male dancers wear painted barkcloth aprons and ceremonial royal crane toucan & macaw feather head-dresses their...

Barasana manioc festival. Line of male dancers wearing full ceremonial regalia royal crane macaw and toucan feather head-dresses bodies and faces painted with dark purple "we" leaf juice and red...

Barasana shamans wearing crowns of royal crane toucan and macaw feathers white glass bead necklaces some elders wear ancient quartz pendants. Elders chant to the world of the ancestors Bosco the hea...

Rear view of two Barasana shamans wearing royal crane macaw and toucan head-dresses with monkey fur belts chanting to chief shaman Cristo in background between traditional dances.Tucano sedentary In...