HIP-S-000232-6056 Lintel 15 of Yaxchilan Structure 21, Mayan, Mexico, 770. From a series illustrating the accession rituals of the ruler Lord Bird Jaguar. Here one of his wives, after making a blood sacrifice, conjures a vision of an ancestor who emerges from the mouth of a serpent coiled through a beaded blood scroll. From the British Museum, London Credit: Werner Forman Archive / Heritage Images /Alinari Archives, Florence WARNING: Permission must be required for non editorial use. Please contact Alinari Archives Place of photography: Great Britain, London, British Museum Collection: Heritage Images /Alinari Archives, Florence Technical info Image sizes (pixel): 3173 X 3356 Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi): 26 X 28 Image sizes (MB): 4.11 Color space: RGB