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Yaxchilán,
State Chiapas, México Structure 20: Lintel 14 (detail) Late Classic (600-900 AD) Ŧ Yaxun Balam (Bird Jaguar) IV (752-772 AD) |
Comments: Yaxun Balam IV's entourage: Lady Chak Chami and her brother, the sajal Chak Chami, with bloodletting paraphernalia. Vision Serpent (Chanal Chak Bay Chaan, or "towering red thorn snake") dis- gorges the future Itzamnah Balam (Shield Jaguar) IV (772-800s AD). |
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