Ecuador Unplugged Vol 1. Issue 1 | Page 22

Above: Quechua Child - A Quechua child in the village of Cotococho in Ecuador's Amazon basin holds an achote pod while peering out the door of a communal lodge. The achote pod has red seeds which produce the red face paints used by the Quechua. To apply the paint, a hole is poked into the pod, and a small stick is used to extract the paint.