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Miller,<i> The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art</i> (New York and Fort Worth, George Braziller, Inc. and Kimbell Art Museum, 1986)., pl. 60 (illus.)","date":1986,"id":2678,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/13327308"},{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1985,\" <i>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</i> 45, no. 1 (1986): p.16–42","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1985,\" <i>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</i> 45, no. 1 (1986): p.16–42, p. 40","date":1986,"id":521,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774653"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[{"id":24016,"period":"Late Classic Period","alphasort":"Classic Period, Late","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayperiod":"Late Classic Period","displaydate":null}],"department":"Art of the Ancient Americas","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199317,"term":"Art of the Ancient Americas","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"A.D. 500-1000","dateend":800,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Effigy bloodletter/penis perforator in the form of a sting-ray spine, with three knots","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":"","objectnumber":"y1985-69","inscribed":null,"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Didactics","textentryhtml":"Maya kings let blood from various body parts, including genitalia, tongues, earlobes, as a form of penance.  This small carving in apple-green jade, with cinnabar filling its incisions, represents one of the most common elements used to pierce the body – a stingray spine.  The short incisions along its lateral edges denote the serrated edge of the stingray spine, which would have caught and tore the skin as it was passed through the body.  The three tied bands depicted at the center of the carving are a common symbolic reference to sacrifice among the Maya, reiterating the function of the spine.  The smooth, dull edges of this jade version suggest it was probably not used as a bloodletting lancet, but instead served as a precious effigy of such an implement, possibly produced to be interred with a deceased king.","remarks":null}],"datebegin":600,"sortnumber":"1985   69y","published_date":"2026-02-11 10:32:44.642296","objectid":33021,"dimensions":"h. 9.5 cm., w. 1.3 cm., d. 0.5 cm. (3 3/4 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)","on_view":false}