Ballplayer

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CultureHuastec

Titles

Ballplayer

Date900–1521

PlaceMexico

MediumEarthenware with traces of pigment

Dimensions10 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (26 × 12.1 × 4.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll

Object number2015.288

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenanceRobert Huber and Marianne Huber, Dixon, IL, 1960s–2008; sold through [Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, May 22, 2008–2015; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryThe Lind Gallery, Rockford, Illinois, 1971.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, May 9, 2005–August 26, 2014; April 17, 2015–December 14, 2015 when accessioned as gift.

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