M0004282: Illustration of two Mayan individuals

Date:
5 November 1935
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/35/25
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Credit

M0004282: Illustration of two Mayan individuals. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: 'A penitent Maya tortures himself.'

Description

A reproduction of a publication print illustration captioned "a penitent Maya torturing himself by drawing a barbed cord through his tongue." The illustration shows one man kneeling, performing a bloodletting ritual, with another man standing over him.

Publication/Creation

5 November 1935

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

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