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Collections

Feathers or Leaves Palma800–1100

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Stone sculpture with five upward-spreading leaf or feather-like projections carved with herringbone patterns, tapering to a rectangular shaft with a splayed base

Unknown, Feathers or Leaves Palma, 600–1000 CE (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Feathers or Leaves Palma
Culture
Classic Veracruz
Place Made
Mexico, Central Veracruz, Veracruz
Date Made
800–1100
Medium
Basalt
Dimensions
25 3/4 × 8 × 4 1/2 in. (65.41 × 20.32 × 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1993.217.20
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Whittington, E. Michael, ed. The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2001.
  • 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.