Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual

Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual

500–600 CE · Teotihuacán

Lime plaster with mineral pigment

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund

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