Lintel 25 - Bloodletting
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Lintel 25 - Bloodletting
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Published 2019-03-22T13:07:00+00:00
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On this lintel at Yaxchilan, the sacrificial offering of blood conjures up a visionary manifestation of Yat-Balam, founding ancestor of the dynasty of Yaxchilan. In the guise of a warrior grasping a spear and shield, this ancestral spirit emerges from the gaping front jaws of a huge double-headed serpent rearing above Lady Xoc. She gazes upward at the apparition she has brought forth. In her left hand she bears a blood-letting bowl containing instruments of sacrifice, a sting-ray spine and an obsidian lancet.
Technical Information
| Date published | 22/03/2019 |
| Complessità | Easy |
More Information
| Title | Lintel 25 - Bloodletting |
| Date | AD 725 |
| Accession | Ethno. 1886-316 |
| Period | Maya |
| Medium | Stone |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | British Museum |
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