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March 1, 2000
Esther Pasztory Pre-Columbian Art Cambridge University Press, 1997. 176 pp.; 121 color ills. Paper $18.95 (0521645514)
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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2000.125

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On the cover of Esther Pasztory’s 1998 book we witness today’s most celebrated pre-conquest Maya sacrificer, Lady Xoc, performing the act for which she is most notable: the Maya noblewoman lets blood by threading a thorn-studded rope through her tongue. Shield Jaguar, her male consort and eighth-century lord of Yaxchilan, stands close by brandishing a torch that illuminates the sacrificial scene. In recent years the sculpted lintel with Lady Xoc and Shield Jaguar, Yaxchilan Lintel...