PuatE [LX 
Supernatural deer hunting scene on a Mochica IV terracotta vessel, 
northern Peru, ca. A.D. 500. Drawn from the original by Alan 
Sawyer. Here, as in similar Mochica deer hunting scenes, the animal] 
is shown in association with a tree or shrub almost certainly to be 
identified by its characteristic seed pods as Anadenanthera colubrina, 
whose seeds were, and still are, ground into a potent psychotomimetic 
snuff, widely known as vi/ea or willka. In some Andean communities 
vilca seeds are also used in an intoxicating ceremonial drink; else- 
where, as in Chile, the pods may be burned and the smoke inhaled 
to achieve ritual intoxication. 
