Ballgame Palma
c. 900–1100
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Ballgame Palma, c. 900–1100. Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100). Stone; overall: 49.2 x 23.5 x 11.4 cm (19 3/8 x 9 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.3 The Mesoamerican ballgame was played with a hard rubber ball that players bounced off their hips.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- stone
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 49.2 x 23.5 x 11.4 cm (19 3/8 x 9 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1973.3
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1973, Ulama : het balspel bij de Maya's en Azteken, 2000 v. Chr.--2000 n. Chr.: van mensenoffer tot sport (The ballgame of the Mayas and Aztecs, 2000 BC--AD 2000: from human sacrifice to sport), Treasures of the New World, The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame, <em>Tresors Du Nouveau Monde</em>, Musess Royaux d' Art et d' Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (September 15- December 27, 1992).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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