Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual

Title	Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual
Artist	Teotihuacan Tlacuilapaxco apartment compound, Teotihuacán, Mexico
Date	500–600 CE
Medium	Lime plaster with mineral pigment
Classification	painting
Origin	Teotihuacán

Themes: Mineralogy & geology

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“Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual” is a work by Teotihuacan Tlacuilapaxco apartment compound, Teotihuacán, Mexico, dated 500–600 CE. It is executed in lime plaster with mineral pigment and classified as painting. In this archive it sits within the mineralogy & geology tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

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