Stone relief of bloody Mayan rite in the British Museum. Established in 1753, this is probably the largest and most famous museum in the

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Stone relief of bloody Mayan rite in the British Museum. Established in 1753, this is probably the largest and most famous museum in the to all aspects of human history, art and culture, the museum is located in Bloomsbury, London. This carved limestone lintel shows a bloodletting ritual performed by Lady K'ab'al Xook. The ruler of Yaxchilan, Itzaamnaj B'ahlam, her husband, holds a flaming torch over his wife, who is pulling a obsidian studded rope through her tongue.

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