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The Yaxchilan Lintels. Lintel 15. Structure 21. Carved limestone lintel with glyphs and a scene representing Lady Wak Tuun, during a bloodletting rite. She is carrying a basket with the paraphernalia used for auto-sacrifice: stingray spine, a rope and bloodied paper. The vision serpent appears before her springing from a bowl set before her which also contains strips of bark-paper. Late Classic Maya, 770. Limestone. Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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The Yaxchilan Lintels. Lintel 15. Structure 21. Carved limestone lintel with glyphs and a scene representing Lady Wak Tuun, during a bloodletting rite. She is carrying a basket with the paraphernalia used for auto-sacrifice: stingray spine, a rope and bloodied paper. The vision serpent appears before her springing from a bowl set before her which also contains strips of bark-paper. Late Classic Maya, 770. Limestone. Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Image size:
3402 x 3590 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
28.8 x 30.4 cm | 11.3 x 12.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
770 • 8TH CENTURY • ALPHABET • AMERICA • AMERICAN CONTINENT • AMERICAN INDIANS: MAYA • AMERICAN • AMERICANS • AMERICAS • ANCESTOR • ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE OF YAXCHILAN • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • ART • AUTO-SACRIFICE • AUTOSACRIFICE • BACKBONE • BAS-RELIEF • BASKET • BASKETS • BELIEFS • BIRD JAGUAR IV • BIRD JAGUAR • BLOOD • BLOODIED PAPER • BLOODIED • BOODLETTING • CARVED • CEREMONY • CHIAPAS • CITY OF LONDON • CLASSIC MAYA • COILED SNAKE • CULT • CULT, MAYA • DEDICATION • DOCTRINE • DOCUMENT • EIGHTH CENTURY • EMBOSSED • EPIGRAPH • EPITAPH • FAITH • GLYPH • GLYPHS • HIEROGLYPH • INSCRIPTION • KING • LADY WAK TUUN • LATE CLASSIC MAYA • LEGEND • LIMESTONE • LINTEL 15 • LINTEL • LONDON • LONDON. • MAYA CIVILIZATION • MAYA CLASSIC PERIOD • MAYA CULTURE • MAYA • MAYAN • MAYANS • MAYAS • MESOAMERICA • MESOAMERICAN • MEXICAN • MEXICO • OFFERING • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • PANEL • PRE-COLUMBIAN ART • PRE-HISPANIC • PRECOLONIAL • RAY (FISH) • REGISTRATION • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RITE • RITUAL • ROCK • ROCKY • ROPE • RULER BIRD JAGUAR IV QUARTER • SACRIFICE • SANGUINE • SCRIPT • SKATE (FISH) • SPINE • STINGRAY • STONE • STONES • STRUCTURE 21 • TEXT • TUUN WAK • VISION SERPENT • WRITING • YAXCHILAN LINTELS • YAXCHILAN LINTELS, THE • YAXCHILAN
