id: 147480 accession number: 1973.213 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.213 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:34.325000 Ballgame Hip Protector (Yoke), 600–900. Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100). Greenstone, pigment; overall: 41.5 x 37.5 x 11 cm (16 5/16 x 14 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1973.213 title: Ballgame Hip Protector (Yoke) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 600–900 creation date earliest: 600 creation date latest: 900 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100) technique: greenstone, pigment department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 41.5 x 37.5 x 11 cm (16 5/16 x 14 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1973 opening date: 1974-01-30T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974). title: Ulama : het balspel bij de Maya's en Azteken, 2000 v. Chr.--2000 n. Chr.: van mensenoffer tot sport (The ballgame of the Mayas and Aztecs, 2000 BC--AD 2000: from human sacrifice to sport) opening date: 1988-06-18T04:00:00 Ulama : het balspel bij de Maya's en Azteken, 2000 v. Chr.--2000 n. Chr.: van mensenoffer tot sport (The ballgame of the Mayas and Aztecs, 2000 BC--AD 2000: from human sacrifice to sport). Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands (organizer) (June 18-September 12, 1988). title: Treasures of the New World opening date: 1992-09-15T04:00:00 Treasures of the New World. Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium (organizer) (September 15-December 25, 1992). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Before Cortes, Sculpture of Middle America, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (September 30, 1970-January 3, 1971).', 'opening_date': '1970-09-30T00:00:00'} * {'description': "Tresors Du Nouveau Monde, Musees Royaux d' Art et d' Histoire, Brussells, Belgium (September 15- December 27, 1992).", 'opening_date': '1992-09-15T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Paul Tishman, New York, NY date: footnotes: citations: John Wise, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1973 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1973- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Spinden, Ellen S. "The Place of Tajin in Totonac Archaeology." 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Ulama: het balspel bij de Maya's en Azteken, 2000 v. Chr.--2000 n. Chr. : van mensenoffer tot sport = The ballgame of the Mayas and Aztecs, 2000 BC--AD 2000 : from human sacrifice to sport. Leiden, The Netherlands: Spruyt, Van Mantgem & De Does, 1988. page number: p. 171, fig. 54 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterpieces from East and West. New York, NY: Rizzoli International, 1992. page number: p. 182 url: Deletaille, Emile, and Lin Deletaille. Trésors du nouveau monde. Bruxelles: Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, 1992. page number: fig. 98 url: Sabau García, María Luisa. México en el mundo de las colecciones de arte. México: D.R. Primera, 1994. page number: pp. 183-241 url: García Díaz, Bernardo, Lourdes Alonso, and Adalberto Ríos Szalay. The State of Veracruz, Mexico. Mexican Art Abroad, México: Grupo Azabache, 1994. page number: url: May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. page number: no. 107, pp. 96-97, 220 url: Bergh, Susan, "Art from the Sacred Ballgame", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 42 no. 03, March 2002 page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p.8-9 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2002-03/page/n7 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.213/1973.213_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.213/1973.213_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.213/1973.213_full.tif