This is a detail from one of the famous Diego Rivera murals at Mexico Palacio Nacional in Mexico City. It depicts a Mexica woman, probably a prostitute, displaying the intricate tattoos on her legs to potential customers. One warrior offers her a human arm for her services.Rivera modeled this woman after his wife artist Frida Kahlo

Miguel is a Guatemalan-American Mormon living in the Northwest with his family. He is one of the proprietors of the Rational Faiths blog.

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