Keywords: Yaxchilán lintel.jpg Lintel 24 structure 23 Yaxchilan as published by Désiré Charnay 1885; scanned and uploaded to en Wikipedia by Infrogmation on 4 December 2003 The sculpture depicts a sacred blood-letting ritual which took place on 26 October 709 King Shield Jaguar is shown holding a torch while Queen Lady Xoc draws a barbed rope through her pierced tongue See w Lintel 24 Yaxchilan other vision 150px PD-old en Image CharnayYaxchilan2 jpg Yaxchilan blood-letting Désiré Charnay Itzamnaaj B'alam II Itzamnaaj B'alam II |