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Figurine Holding A Ball(?)

1500–500 BCE

Mexico, Guerrero, Xochipala style

Medium
earthenware, pigment
Measurements
Overall: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin 1998.82
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

Ballgame ceremonialism and art peaked between AD 600 and 1100 in Veracruz and elsewhere, but forms of a ballgame were played at most times and places in Mesoamerica. This charming figurine, which seems to hold a ball, illustrates that the game developed much earlier, although we know little about its meaning during this period.

Figurine Holding A Ball(?)

1500–500 BCE

Mexico, Guerrero, Xochipala style

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