Figure of a standing ballplayer-warrior
Artist
Veracruz artist(s)
CultureCentral Veracruz
OriginRemojadas, Veracruz, Mexico
PeriodLate Classic period (600-850 CE)
Date600-900
MediumEarthenware with pigment
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
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
600-900
Object number: G83.1.80
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
500-800
Object number: G83.1.79
Artist / Maker: Zapotec artist(s)
500-700 CE
Object number: G83.1.89
