CultureMaya
Titles
- Seated Ballplayer
Date600–900 AD
MediumEarthenware with traces of polychrome pigment
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 4 3/8 × 5 in. (14 × 11.1 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2013.291
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
[1] Parsons, Lee. Ulama: The Ballgame of the Mayas and Aztecs. Leiden, 1988. Page 164, figure 36.
[2] Whittington, Michael. The Sport of Life and Death. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2001. Page 228, fig. 101.
Exhibition History"The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame," The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 22, 2001–January 6, 2002.
"Ulama–The ballgame of the Mayas and Aztecs," Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, 1988.
"Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art," Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, May 17 - August 24, 1986, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, October 8–December 14, 1986.
"Jaina Figurines," The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, May 3–June 29, 1975.
“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 with red paint: 67.80
On bottom with white paint: MN2
On bottom with white paint: MN2
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150–650 AD
Earthenware with slip and traces of polychrome pigment
97.113.A,.B