Title
Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim
Caption
Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim, During the agricultural festival of Tlacaxipeualiztli a sacrificial victim was skinned alive. A warrior was dressed in the skin and performed a dance. The ceremony symbolised the bursting of the skin of the maize seed. Mexico. Aztec. c 1350 1521 AD.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A25_492
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
28,0Mb (1,4Mb) / 9,3in x 11,7in / 2788 x 3508 (300dpi)