Title
Head of Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim
Caption
Head of Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim, On the back of the head is the major symbol of Tezcatlipoca, the smoking mirror. Xipe Totec was one of the aspects of Tezcatlipoca particularly associated with suffering and sacrifice. Mexico. Aztec.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Hamburg Museum fur Volkerkunde, Germany
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A25_479
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
28,2Mb (1,7Mb) / 9,3in x 11,8in / 2790 x 3531 (300dpi)