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Lintel 15 of Yaxchilan Structure 21, from a series illustrating the accession rituals of the ruler Lord Bird Jaguar. Here one of his wives, after making a blood sacrifice, conjures a vision of an ancestor who emerges from the mouth of a serpent coiled through a beaded blood scroll. Limestone (770 CE)
69.2 x 76.2 cm, Temple 21, Yaxchilan, Mexico.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART20752
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3732px × 4000px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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8th century CE
Ancestor
Apparition
Bleeding
Blood
Ceremony
Maya, Early American (250 BCE-1000 CE)
Offering
Relief
Ritual
Ruler, Government
Sacrifice
Snake
Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico