Indians from the Atlantic zone and not only those of the Andes 
used the hallucinogenic mushrooms.” The recent field work of 
Dr. Kenneth Dumont has resulted in the registration from 
Colombia of other species of Psilocybe, a number of which may 
likewise be psilocybine-containing (Dumont, pers. comm.). 
V. 
Our studies of the Darien and Darien-related gold pectorals of 
Colombia have strengthened our belief that mushrooms perhaps 
enjoyed a widespread magico-religious place in aboriginal cul- 
tures from Mexico, through Central America and in the Andes 
south to Peru. 
There are many pieces of evidence that may be interpreted as 
supporting such a belief. One manifestation of this cultural trait 
is provided by the numerous “mushroom stones” of Mexico, 
Guatemala and El Salvador, which have been extensively stu- 
died and documented (Borhegyi, 1957, 1961; Wasson, 1957: 
Rose, 1977). Four of these stone figures significantly have a 
frog-figure at their base (Wasson, 1980). Further south in Mex- 
ico and extending southeastward to El Salvador are various 
ceramic representations which have been interpreted as mush- 
room-related artifacts. From Colombia, there is one ceramic 
object from the area of greatest concentration of gold Darien 
pectorals which, although far less convincing than the gold 
objects, might be interpreted as representing a mushroom, since 
it has an undulating “cap” which occurs in some species of Psilo- 
cybe. There are, furthermore, numerous clay artifacts from 
Mexico with representations of mushrooms in contexts sugges- 
tive of their significance in magico-religious rituals (Borhegyi, 
1963; Furst, 1974), 
We might also mention at this point that several unusual 
“mushroom-like” ceramic pieces have been excavated at Arara- 
cuara in the Colombian Amazon (Herrera, pers. comm.). 
Further to the south in the Andes, ceramic pots in the form of 
a human head with a mushroom-like protuberance from the 
forehead are frequent in the Mochica. This protuberance could 
not function as a handle: if the pot were filled with liquid, it 
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