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A ballgame player, funerary gift from the burial site on the Isle of Jaina, Mexico. Participants in the cult game wore elaborate headgear, necklaces, earplugs, a wide, cushioned girdle and knee-pads with skulls. Clay (600-900 CE). Height 17.1 cm. Inv. 10-6167. Maya.
Location
Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia/Mexico City, D.F./
Unique Identifier
ART26015
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3117px × 4000px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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7th century CE
Ball, Sport/Games
Ceremony
Clothing
Costume
Dress
Earring
Fashion, Clothing
Figure, Sculpture
Figurine
Funerary
Game, Entertainment
Jaina Island, Yucatan, Mexico
Maya, Early American (250 BCE-1000 CE)
Offering
Pelota
Ritual
Sacrifice
Sports
Statuette
Underworld