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An Aztec priest removes a man's heart in a ritual with an obsidian knife on a sacrificial stone and offers it to the god Huitzilopochtli. Several young acolytes hold down the victim. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
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An Aztec priest removes a man's heart in a ritual with an obsidian knife on a sacrificial stone and offers it to the god Huitzilopochtli. Several young acolytes hold down the victim. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
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Image size:
6849 x 4404 px | 86.3 MB
Print size:
58.0 x 37.3 cm | 22.8 x 14.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ACOLYTES • AMERICA • AMERICAS • ANCIENT AND MODERN COSTUMES OF ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD • AZTEC • AZTECS • COPPERPLATE • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • GIULIO FERRARIO • GOD • HANDCOLOURED • HEART • HUITZILOPOCHTLI • HUMAN SACRIFICE • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • KNIFE • MEXICO • OBSIDIAN • PRIEST • PRIESTS • PRINT • RITUAL • SACRIFICE, HUMAN • SACRIFICIAL STONE • VERICO • VICTIM • VICTIMS
