| On this Lintel Bird Jaguar displays his noble captive, who, judging from the beaded droplets on his nose and cheek, has already let blood. In his right hand he grasps the broken parasol that fallen captives often hold; the ragged strips of cloth draped over his left arm are also typical of captives. The wrapped, dotted turban is the same as one worn by the scattering figure on Piedras Negras Stela 40 in the National Museum of Anthropology in Guatemala City. The captive's hand-to-mouth gesture seems a nervous one, although it may also be the earth eating gesture of the humiliated captive. |
