Sujet
Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim
Légende
Xipe Totec, the Flayed Lord, dressed in the skin of a sacrificial victim, During the agricultural festival of Tlacaxipeualiztli a sacrificial victim was skinned alive. A warrior was dressed in the skin and performed a dance. The ceremony symbolised the bursting of the skin of the maize seed. Mexico. Aztec. c 1350 1521 AD.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A25_492
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
28,0Mo (1,4Mo) / 23,6cm x 29,7cm / 2788 x 3508 (300dpi)