id:			155537
accession number:	1990.248
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.248
updated:		2025-02-09 04:42:32.303000

Ballgame Thin Stone Head (Hacha), 600–900. Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100). Stone, pigment traces; overall: 23.7 x 6.9 x 15.8 cm (9 5/16 x 2 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.248

title:				Ballgame Thin Stone Head (Hacha)
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creation date:			600–900
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		900
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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culture:	Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100)
technique:	stone, pigment traces
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 23.7 x 6.9 x 15.8 cm (9 5/16 x 2 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
	opening date:   1992-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 4 - November 29, 1992. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art. 79 (September, 1992.) cat. no. 59, p. 270, repr. fig. 59, p. 252.', 'opening_date': '1992-02-04T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1965, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1965
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1965-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Young-Sánchez, Margaret. “The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 7 (September 1992): 234–275.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 252, 270, no. 59
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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