Sacred objects used in ritual bloodletting by Maya rulers and nobility as an act of communication with ancestors and deities, documented through both archaeology and surviving inscriptions describing the practice. An entry records the implement's material and its ritual context.
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, Second Edition Category Descriptions
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