Kogi mama/priest Juan Vacuna wearing distinctive woven fique/cactus fibre hat at religious centre of Surlivaka Holds lime encrusted poporo/gourd full of fine lime powder from burnt seashells collecte...

Parque Nacional. Kogi mama/priest Juan Vacuna wearing a woven fique/cactus fibre hat holding a lime-encrusted poporo/gourd with a palito/stick used to transfer lime powder out of the gourd and into...

Detail of a Kogi man holding his poporo/gourd of fine lime powder made from burnt seashells collected along Caribbean coast. The palito/stick transfers lime powder from gourd to mouth and wad of coca...

Parque Nacional. Kogi mother and grandmother sit outside family home in Avingue Mother combs head lice out of old grandmas hair. She wears many strands of dark red glass beads the favourite colour o...

Parque Nacional. Portrait of Kogi brother and sister standing in village of Avingue with grass thatched huts behind them Wearing traditional woven cotton garments Boy has typical fique/cactus-fibre mo...

Chendukua traditional village Kogi mamas/priests stand outside ceremonial nuhue/ temple with grass-thatched roof and rack at apex filled with sacred potsherds southern side of Sierra Chendukua Indig...

Kasiquial a ritual meeting centre for Kogi mamas / priests. Sacred potsherds in rack at apex of conical thatched roof indicate this is a nuhue / temple.Indigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colomb...

Boy transports equipment into Sierra Nevada by ox. He takes lime from a small gourd poporo to add to the wad of coca leaves in his cheek lime acts as the catalyst to release a very small amount of...

San Miguel a Kogi village in foothills of Sierra Nevada. Sacred pots at apex of conical thatched roofs.Indigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colombia. American Colombian South America West Indies Co...

San Miguel village. A young mama / priest stands in pathway leading to thatched dwellings and ritual centres with sacred pots at roof apices.Indigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colombia. America...

A nuhue / temple at ritual centre of Macotama. Granite seats placed outside temple for mamas / priests. Potsherds in the rack at roof apex. Young Kogi vasayo / commoner leans on granite boulder...

Portrait of young Kogi vasayo / commoner with straw hat woven cotton manta / cloak and woven fique cactus fibre shoulder bagsIndigenous TribesCaribbean coast of Colombia. American Colombian F...