The Maya Sacrifice, Mexican Culture, Handcrafted, Wood carved.

- Wall Art, Mexican
- Made of solid Cedar Wood
- It comes with a hook attached for wall hanging
- Handcrafted by Mayan Artist from Yucatan Mexico
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- Note: The item is handmade thus you may notice a minimum difference in patterns on pictures shown.

In this carving the artist replicates a Maya sacrifice by decapitation, a scene sculptured in the Great Ballcourt at Chichen Itza Mexico. During the pre-Columbian era, human sacrifice in Maya culture was the ritual offering of nourishment to the gods and goddesses. Blood was viewed as a potent source of nourishment for the Maya deities, and the sacrifice of a living creature was a powerful blood offering. By extension, the sacrifice of human life was the ultimate offering of blood to the gods, and the most important Maya rituals culminated in human sacrifice. Generally, only high-status prisoners of war were sacrificed, and lower status captives were used for labor.