Anonymous / Unknown

Human sacrifice. Native American plunges a knife into another's chest. Two bodies hang, a statue of an idol or devil on a pillar stands at left

Year: 1554

From: Pedro Cieza de León, Parte primera de la chronica del Peru, Antwerp, Iuan Steelsio, 1554, pag. 48



Edited by: Chiara Petrolini


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Native American priest sacrifices or eviscerates a victim before an idol. (1774)

from: Zárate, Agustin de, Histoire de la découverte et de la conquête du Perou, vol. I, Compagnie des libraires, 1774, p. 64

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