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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

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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

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Werner Forman Archive / Heritage Images /Alinari Archives, Florence

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Great Britain, London, British Museum

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Heritage Images /Alinari Archives, Florence

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Image sizes (pixel):
3173 X 3356
Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi):
26 X 28
Image sizes (MB):
4.11
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RGB