Maya engraving 03
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Maya engraving 03
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Maya bas-relief, lintel 25 in Yaxchilan, Mexico. Around 770 AD.
Carved in limestone during the reign of king Itzamnaaj B'alam II, (Shield Jaguar II) , lintel 25 depicts Lady Xook during a bloodletting ritual in which she has invoked the Vision Serpent.
Lady Xook holds a bowl containing the tools and results of the bloodletting, a stingray spine and bloodstained bark paper. The Vision Serpent rises from a basket with bloodstained bark paper. It has two heads, one at each extreme. From the mouth of one emerges a warrior, from the other emerges the head of a god, maybe Chaak, god of Rain.
Original image by Gary Todd (https://www.flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/36453138996/in/photolist-WTD19G-7wW4yS-7wSgWi-6e62nR-fXxxWN-XxeSdu) edited and enhanced by Weston Westmoreland.
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May 18th, 2020
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