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Figure of a standing ballplayer-warrior

OriginRemojadas, Veracruz, Mexico
PeriodLate Classic period (600-850 CE)
Date600-900
MediumRed earthenware, pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 51.8 x 31.4 x 13 cm (20 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
DescriptionVeracruz standing ballplyer-warrior figure, Late Classic period, with right arm held up, the left one to his hip. The figure is wearing helmet and jewellery, chest armour(?) and feline-headed ornament with large open mouth at his waist. Traces of paint remaining.


Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.74
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
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