Title
Lintel 24 of Yaxchilan Structure 23, from a series illustrating the accession rituals of the ruler Lord Shield Jaguar
Caption
Lintel 24 of Yaxchilan Structure 23, from a series illustrating the accession rituals of the ruler Lord Shield Jaguar, Here Shield Jaguar stands with a flaming torch. His wife Lady Xoc is performing a blood sacrifice by drawing a thorn rope through her tongue. Mexico. Maya. c AD 725. Yaxchilan Structure 23.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A26_254
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No
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25,8Mb (1,6Mb) / 8,5in x 11,8in / 2542 x 3543 (300dpi)