Foto's van de Lacandones door Alfred Tozzer

De volgende foto's zijn door Alfred Tozzer gemaakt gedurende zijn bezoeken in 1903 en 1904. De foto's werden voor het eerste gepubliceerd in zijn werk: A Comparative Study the Mayas and the Lacandones uit 1907. Bij iedere foto zijn de beschrijvingen uit het boek opgenomen.

Lacandone woman carrying child on hip.

Group of Lacandones near Laguna Petha, Chiapas.

Group of Lacandones on the Lacantun river.

Fiber dress of the Lacandones.

A Lacandone mother and male child, showing the native dress, the method of wearing the hair, and the necklaces worn by the women.

Lacandone boy and girl, showing the method of dressing the children.

A typical settlement of the Lacandones, showing the huts almost hidden in the growing corn. The roof in the foreground is that of the ceremonial hut, and directly behind that of the shelter, where the offerings are prepared. The roof at the left is that of the domestic house. The view is from the east.

A view of the same settlement as that shown [above] from the south, showing the character of the forest surrounding the portion cleared.

A typical shelter among the Lacandones, showing the open ends and the manner in which the sides are protected by the overhanging roof.

Lacandone shooting with native bow and arrow.

Lacandone youth shooting fish with bow and arrow from the end of a canoe.

Lacandone woman spinning the native cotton. The spindle rests in a gourd and the mass of crude cotton rests on the shoulder.

Lacandone woman beginning the weaving of a piece of cloth on the native loom.

Lacandone loom, with utensils for weaving.

Portion of Lacandone hammock.

The front and rear view of the ceremonial robe worn by the leader of the encampment where most of the rites were observed. He carries in his right hand the ceremonial rattle.

Lacandone chanting before two braseritos in a consecration rite. The remains of an offering of food is seen on the mouths.

Group of incense-burners from the northeast corner of the ceremonial hut. The brasero with the projecting arm is seen in the front row. The flat board for offering the nodules of copal is in the background. The hammock in the foreground is the one in which the leader of the encampment sleeps during the progress of the renewal rites.

Ceremonial drum of the Lacandones, showing the head similar to those of the braseros and the method of attaching and tightening the head of the drum.

Lacandone chanting before the old incense-burners to which an offering of posol contained in the gourds had been made. The carpet of leaves on which the braseros and the offering rest is seen. This rite is before the "death" of the old ollas, when they are replaced by a new set together with a large number of braseritos. The old incense bowls are blackened by smoke of many offerings of incense.

A typical incense-burner of the Lacandones, with its offering of blaché contained in the gourd, together with a cigar made of the first tobacco of the year. The palm leaves in front of the brasero are those used to wave in the smoke of the incense at the same time as a chant is in progress.

Lacandone, with palm leaves, chanting in behalf of the child before him. The bark fillet is also seen around his head.

Lacandone youth with his share of an offering of posol after it had been administered to the gods.

Lacandone pounding the sugar-cane to extract the juice in one of the hollow logs in which the ceremonial drink is mixed. The log covered with palm leaves on the extreme right is that in which the balché is allowed to ferment.

The two hollow logs containing the ceremonial drink. That on the right is uncovered and shows the balché in process of fermentation. In front of the log slightly to the left is the jar which is filled with balché from the log, and from which the gourds are filled.

A leader in one of the Lacandone rites sitting on the low wooden stool behind the jar containing the ceremonial drink, with which he is filling the gourds to place the incense-burners.

Lacandone offering the board of nodules of copal at the east of the ceremonial hut.

Lacandone with slain monkey, the meat of which is about to be offered to the gods.

Lacandone making ceremonial fire.

Lacandone, showing poncho spotted with achiote and the ceremonial band of bark around his head.

Group of incense-burners (braseros and braseritos) from the northwest corner of the sacred hut. The ceremonial drum is seen at the left of the post.

Group of incense-burners from the south, showing the round gourds containing an offering of balché and flat vessels containing buliwa. The ceremonial drum is seen in the background at the left.

Lacandones with carrying nets containing the "dead" incense-burners which they are carrying to deposit under a cliff.