verso: BOK Fig. IV.1 Perforator God; reverse: Fig. IV.1 Perforator God
Bibliography
Schele, Linda, and David A. Freidel. 1990. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 176, Fig. IV.1
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Detail of Perforator God. The personified lancet or bloodletter bears a triple knot mounted on its forehead. The blade emerges from the mouth of the jawless zoomorph.
