GUAYMI, an Indian tribe who inhabit the mountains of western Panama between the Chiriqui volcano and the river Belen, and linguistically allied to the Chibcha of South America. During the Spanish colonial epoch they were dominated by mis sionaries, but have since reverted to their natural living condi tions. The ancestors of the Guaymi are regarded as the makers of gold images and ceramics found in ancient graves through out western Panama.
See H. Pittier, "Little-known parts of Panama," in National Geo graphic Magazine, vol. xxiii., No. 7 (1912) .