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Head for Ballgame (Hacha)

Veracruz, 601-900

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Head for Ballgame (Hacha)

Veracruz

Head for Ballgame (Hacha)

Veracruz

Head for Ballgame (Hacha)

Veracruz, 601-900

Physical Qualities Andesite, 13 3/8 x 9 7/16 x 3 1/8 in. (34 x 24 x 8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1960.30.36
Though the ballgame served as entertainment in the Ancient Americas, visual evidence also indicates its symbolic connection to death and the afterlife. This stone yoke features an image of two people, perhaps ballplayers, at each end, as well as a composite amphibian-reptile thought to reside in the underworld at its center. Group label for: 1961.16, 1960.30.35, 1960.30.36
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Baltimore Museum of Art. The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1958, no. 36, page 23.

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2000–2000

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