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Bonampak, State Chiapas, México Stela 2 (detail) Late Classic (600-900 AD) Ŧ Jahaw Chaan Muwan II (776-790s AD) |
Comments: Jahaw Chaan Muwan II, his mother and his wife Lady Ra- bbit participate in the ritual of self-sacrificial bloodletting using a sting- ray spine and an inward folded cloth or paper platters serving as rece- ptacles for the drops of blood later incinerated in honour of deities. |
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