Sujet
Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim
Légende
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.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A25_491
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
65,5Mo (1,8Mo) / 35,0cm x 46,9cm / 4134 x 5542 (300dpi)