Title
Yaxchilan lintel 15Maya
Caption
Yaxchilan lintel 15Maya / Late Classic period (AD 600-900)From Yaxchilán / Mexico. A serpent apparition from a Maya temple. limestone lintel / one of a series of three panels commissioned by Bird Jaguar IV for Structure 21 at Yaxchilán and was once set above the left (south-east) doorway of the central chamber. The lintel shows one of Bird Jaguar's wives / Lady Wak Tuun / during a bloodletting rite. She is carrying a basket with the paraphernalia used for auto-sacrifice: a stingray spine / a rope and bloodied paper. The Vision Serpent appears before her / springing from a bowl / which also contains strips of bark-paper.
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP11A02_413
License type
Rights managed
Available size
53,2Mb (3,4Mb) / 14,0in x 14,8in / 4200 x 4426 (300dpi)