Image: 2887
File date: 2000-10-16
Caption: Yaxchilán Lintel 24
Description: Maya Limestone Yaxchilán Lintel 24 110.5 x80.6x10.1 cm. Records a bloodletting ritual that took place on October 28, 709 AD. Shield Jaguar holds a torch as his wife Lady Xoc pulls a cord through her tongue. The British Museum, London. Published The Blood of Kings p. 187
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Photograph by Justin Kerr
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