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"tombstone": "Ballgame Palma, c. 900\u20131100. 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",
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"title": "Ballgame Palma",
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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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"title": "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art",
"description": "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).",
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"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. 71, p. 271, repr. fig. 71, p. 252.",
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"description": "(Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1965, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)",
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"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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"citation": "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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"citation": "Young-S\u00e1nchez, Margaret. \"The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 252; Mentioned: p. 253",
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