id:			147519
accession number:	1973.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.3
updated:		2019-06-27 08:10:47.227000

Ballgame Palma, c. 900-1100. Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100). Stone; overall: 49.2 x 23.5 x 11.4 cm (19 3/8 x 9 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.3

title:				Ballgame Palma
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creation date:			c. 900-1100
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		1100
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100)
technique:	stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 49.2 x 23.5 x 11.4 cm (19 3/8 x 9 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 30-March 17, 1974).

	title:		The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
	opening date:   2001-09-24T00:00:00
	<i>The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame</i>. Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (September 24-December 30, 2001); New Orleans Museum of Art (February 16-April 28, 2002); Newark Museum (October 1-December 29, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 1974. " Year in Review 1973." cat., The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. LXI (February, 1974.) p. 73 no. 28, repr. p. 80. <br><br>Brussels, Belgium: Musess Royaux d' Art et d' Histoire; September 15- December 27, 1992. " Tresors Du Nouveau Monde."<br><br>Charlotte, NC: Mint Museum of Art; September 22, 2001- January 6, 2002. New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Museum of Art. Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum. " The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame."

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PROVENANCE

	Paul Tishman, NY
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	Paul Tishman, NY
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wall description: 
Stone palmas—so-called today for their palm frond-like shape—are ceremonial sculptures that may replicate lightweight gear worn over the chest during the ballgame. The scene on the back of this palma vividly illustrates the tie between the ballgame and sacrifice. A bat descends from the top, clutching severed human body parts, and at the center an upright figure brandishes a blade over a reclining victim. The scene's many animal figures, including the one on the front, may belong to ballgame mythology that now is lost.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 394
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n414

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