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Figure of Seated Ballplayer

Figure of Seated Ballplayer

Artist Unknown Artist

CultureNayarit

OriginIxtlan del Rio, Nayarit, Mexico

PeriodLate to Terminal Formative Period (300 BCE-300 CE)

Date300 BCE - 300 CE

MediumRed earthenware, red slip, pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.

DimensionsOverall: 41.6 x 27.2 x 24.7 cm (16 3/8 x 10 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

DescriptionNayarit seated ball player, Late Formative period, painted in brownish-orange, white, ochre pigment. The figure has black step circular and linear geometric design.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.49

Classifications

Ancient Americas

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

On view

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