Note 79 — THE ETHNOLOGY OF PEYOTISM

The Lipan used peyote green or dry or pounded up in a wooden bowl, which was passed like the drum from the southeast. The Carrizo made a peyote “tea” (compare the neighboring Karankawa “black drink”). The Tonkawa used a flat basket. Among the Mescalero (also Lipan and Kiowa), “Care was taken to keep the ‘fuzz’ from the top of the peyote button from coming in contact with the eye, for it was thought to cause blindness.”