Title:
[Charles Musès photographs of Lacandon Indians]
Creator/Contributor:
Musès, Charles, 1919-2000, creator, photographer.
Creator/Contributor:
Bruce, Robert D., 1934-, author.
Abstract:
Includes 44 photographic prints taken in June of 1956 by philosopher and mathematician Charles Musès and his associates, documenting
a group of Lacandon Indians of Lago Naha (in Southern Chiapas, Mexico), their dwellings and handicrafts, natural surroundings
at the lake, and a Lacandon ceremony. Individuals depicted in the images, as identified in annotations, include Chank'in (a
chieftain), Mateo, Kintin, Jose and a Tzetal local, in addition to Charles Musès, John Harju (editor of Musès' Falcon's Wing
Press) and their travelling associates. Also includes 28 larger-format reproductions of a selection of these prints. Also
includes a 17-page report by Robert Bruce, dated September 16, 1957, addressed to Harju at the Barth Foundation, soliciting
continued funding for Bruce's study of the Lacandon. The report largely pertains to Bruce's interactions with the Lacandon
in March of 1957, with a focus on his observations of their religion.
Date:
1956 (issued)
Subject:
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Lacandon Indians -- Photographs
Lacandon Indians -- Religion
Lacandon Indians
Lacandon Indians -- Religion
Lacandón (Community) -- Photographs
Musès, Charles -- 1919-2000 -- Photographs
Musès, Charles -- 1919-2000
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Backs of many prints annotated with descriptions of subjects, dates, etc., in hand of Charles Musès, who is also depicted
in some images.
Purchase from John Windle ; 2022.
Charles Musès photographs of Lacandon Indians, BANC PIC 2023.001, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphic
Photographs
Physical Description:
photoprint
72 photographs in 1 box : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 7 x 9 cm and 13 x 17 cm + associated report
Language:
English
Origin:
California