Title
Open mouthed stone mask of Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim
Caption
Open mouthed stone mask of Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim, In the festival of Tlacaxipeualiztli a sacrificial victim was skinned alive and a warrior danced dressed in the skin. The ceremony symbolised the bursting of the skin of the maize seed. Mexico. Aztec. Late Post Classic, AD 1300 1521.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A25_482
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
25,3Mb (1,6Mb) / 8,4in x 11,7in / 2525 x 3509 (300dpi)