Title

Mexican Serpent, God and Priest, Pre-Columbian, Maya Culture, 770. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Mexican Serpent, God and Priest, Pre-Columbian, Maya Culture, 770. Carved limestone lintel with glyphs and a scene representing Lady Wak Tuun, during a bloodletting rite. Vision Serpent depicted on lintel 15 from Yaxchilan. British Museum.

Date

770th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B84_212

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,4Mb (2,6Mb) / 14,6in x 14,5in / 4368 x 4350 (300dpi)

Keywords

South America animal female women woman people medicine religious limestone country religion science continent museum Mexico color colour Maya Mayan deity God Mexican South American location British Museum century priest lady artefact concept Chiapas artifact serpent goddess 20th century Pre-Columbian historic CM Dixon 8th century bloodletting lintel preColombian Pre-Colombian preColumbian TGN Yaxchilan object Unknown stone Dixon CM CM Dixon Mike Dixon Lady Wak Tuun CM Dixon stone object