Feathers or Leaves Palma

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Feathers or Leaves Palma

Mexico, Central Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, 600–1000 CE
Stone
Basalt
25 3/4 × 8 × 4 1/2 in. (65.41 × 20.32 × 11.43 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1993.217.20)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
  • Whittington, E. Michael, ed. The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2001.