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Collections

Ballplayer Figure400–600 CE

Not on view
Small ceramic standing figure with wide hips, looped arms, and incised belt decoration, buff-colored clay with darker mineral deposits on the lower body
Title
Ballplayer Figure
Culture
Huastec
Place Made
Mexico, Northern Veracruz
Date Made
400–600 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 5 in. (12.70 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.90.168.25
Classification
Ceramics
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.