Ball game regalia head / Mesoamerican; Vera Cruz

Essay/Description

Stone sculpture -- “thin stone head”

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Ball game regalia head

Culture:

Mesoamerican; Vera Cruz

Date:

Unknown

Period:

Mesoamerican Prehistoric

Place:

Vera Cruz, México

Materials/Techniques:

stone

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Hacha

Accession No:

61.11518

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 1 18/25in. (4.4cm)
Width: 8in. (20.3cm)
Length: 9 3/4in. (24.8cm)

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Tags:

Art, ball games, Ceremonial, Kravis Discovery Center, Mesoamerica, Mexican, México, Precolumbian, Pre-Columbian, Vera Cruz

These carved, stone heads were associated with the ball-game. There is often a notch or projecting tenon at the back for attachment. They are common in Classic Veracruz and in highland Guatemala (Weaver 1993, 491).

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Ball game regalia head. 61.11518. Kravis Discovery Center. Unknown. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/6111518 (06/08/2017).

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Ball game regalia head / Mesoamerican; Vera Cruz

Essay/Description

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Dimensions

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Hachas

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