id:			155538
accession number:	1990.249
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.249
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:42.416000

Ballgame Palma, c. 900–1100. Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100). Stone, pigment traces; overall: 42.7 x 8.3 x 19.6 cm (16 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.249

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:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
copyright:			

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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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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 42.7 x 8.3 x 19.6 cm (16 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 7 11/16 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

* 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. 71, p. 271, repr. fig. 71, p. 252.

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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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fun fact:


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wall description:
In art, ballplayers are shown wearing palmas atop hip protectors like one displayed nearby. The palma covers the chest, as if to insulate it from bruising encounters with the rubber ball. The stone sculptures are too heavy for wear but may mimic the shape of lighter-weight gear used during play. This elegant, fan-shaped palma is adorned with scrolls that form grotesque heads in profile. Traces of blue indicate that like many ancient sculptures it was brightly painted.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Von Winning, Hasso, and Alfred Stendahl. Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America: Text and Notes by Hasso Von Winning. Selection of Plates by Alfred Stendahl. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1968.
	page number: 	p. 218, fig. 306
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	Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 252; Mentioned: p. 253
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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