Unknown Central and South American
Ballplayer

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureMaya

Titles

Ballplayer

Date600–900 AD

Possible placeMexico

Possible placeGuatemala

Possible placeBelize

MediumEarthenware with traces of polychrome pigment

DimensionsOverall: 12 5/8 × 4 1/2 × 3 in. (32.1 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2013.292

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceJay C. Leff (1925–2000), Uniontown, PA, by 1966–1983; [Sotheby's, New York, May 12 & 13, 1983, lot 26]; Joyce Strauss, Denver, 1983–until at least 1985 [1]; Private collection, New York, until 2013; sold through Atlantic Art Partners; purchased by MFAH, 2013.

[1] Colorado Collects. Denver: Denver Art Museum, 1985. Page 46, no. 1.
Exhibition History"Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff," The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, November 22, 1966–March 5,1967.

"Colorado Collects," Denver Art Museum, Denver, August 17–October 6,1985.

“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

On bottom of foot: GR 189

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