Aztec Mayan Lintel 17 Yaxchilan Plaque Artifact Sculpture 7" www.Neo-Mfg.com home decor g28

Aztec Mayan Lintel 17 Yaxchilan Plaque Artifact Sculpture 6" www.Neo-Mfg.com home decor SIZE: 5.75" x 5.75" From the right-hand (northwest) doorway of the central chamber of Structure 21, from which it was removed to the British Museum in 1883 at Maudslay's instance (see comments supra on Lintel 15). CONDITION Sculptured area sawn from body of the lintel. The surface is somewhat weathered. Date: 7708thC FindspotExcavated/Findspot: Yaxchilán, Structure 21 term details(Americas,North America,Mexico,Chiapas,Yaxchilán) Materials: limestone term details DimensionsHeight: 69.2 centimetresWidth: 76.2 centimetresDepth: 5 centimetres Curator's commentsMcEwan 1994, p.47 The bloodletting scene shown here parallels that on lintel 25. The sumptuously dressed kneeling woman pulling the rope through her tongue is Lady Balam-Ix, another of Bird Jaguar's wives. Opposite her sits Bird Jaguar, also bedecked with ornate earplugs, nosepiece, bar pectoral, jade cyclinder https://www.britishmuseum.org/resea