498 MEDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE. 
in the garden of Xibalba had in some manner proved derelict in duty, 
and had their lips split as a punishment. ! 
In Paraguay a tribe called the Chiriguanes, ‘‘se percent la levre 
inférieure & ils y attachent un petit Cilindre d’étain ou (argent, ou de 
Resine transparente. Ce prétendu ornement s’appelle Tembeta.”? 
'Brasseur de Bourbourg’s translation, cap. 12, p. 175. 
2Picart, Cérémonies et Cofiitumes Réligieuses de tous lea Peuples du Monde, Amsterdam, 1743, 
vol. 8, p. 287. 
