members of the tribe, without regard to sex or age, chew 
coca, and they traffic in it, using it as a monetary medium 
(50). 
As inall Chibchan groups, men plant coca and women 
harvest it. This is partly in accord with division of work 
between the sexes and partly in accord with tradition. I 
believe that, insofar as the women are concerned, there 
is a magico-religious taboo; but this has in part disap- 
peared due to the influence of Catholic missions and con- 
sequent acculturation, even though coca is used in magic 
in all twenty Paez reservations and the usual Indian men- 
tality is still dominant throughout the Paez population. 
Coca leaves are toasted over aslow fire in great earthen 
pots. When the leaves are dark green with a golden or 
straw-colored sheen, they are ready for use. ‘They are 
carried in woven woollen bags, which every Paez Indian 
wears hanging from the neck. The lime is provided from 
limestone, abundant in the region, which is broken up by 
fire. It is kept ina small gourd carried in the coca-bag. 
The ‘‘chewer’’ takes a few dried leaves from the bag 
and places them in the mouth where they are moistened 
and rolled into a pellet with the tongue. Then a small 
amount of lime is extracted from the gourd with the fin- 
gers, placed in the mouth and mixed with the chewed 
leaves. This produces the desired effects. 
The Paez likewise chew tobacco, principally in magic 
and medicine (1). Generally, they do not cultivate the 
plant, buying manufactured cigarettes for the purpose. 
‘The shaman employs tobacco mixed with coca during 
magic-sessions. It seems that the intrusion of tobacco 
into Paez medicine is not very old. Borrachero (a species 
of Datura) is used by the witch-doctor as a venomous 
narcotic to cause enemies to become insane (1). 
Guambiano: linguistic family Chibcha, according to 
Rivet (38). 
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