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        "accession_number": "1990.254",
        "share_license_status": "CC0",
        "tombstone": "Ballgame Thin Stone Head (Hacha), 600\u2013900. South or southeast Mesoamerica, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100). Stone, pigment traces; overall: 25.3 x 4.5 x 18.6 cm (9 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.254",
        "current_location": "233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region",
        "title": "Ballgame Thin Stone Head (Hacha)",
        "creation_date": "600\u2013900",
        "creation_date_earliest": 600,
        "creation_date_latest": 900,
        "artists_tags": [],
        "culture": [
            "South or southeast Mesoamerica, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100)"
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        "technique": "stone, pigment traces",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "Art of the Americas",
        "collection": "AA - Mesoamerica",
        "type": "Sculpture",
        "measurements": "Overall: 25.3 x 4.5 x 18.6 cm (9 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "height": 0.253,
                "height_inch": 9,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.9375,
                "width": 0.045,
                "width_inch": 1,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.75,
                "depth": 0.186,
                "depth_inch": 7,
                "depth_inch_fraction": 0.3125
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
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        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 344809,
                    "title": "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art",
                    "description": "<i>The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).",
                    "opening_date": "1992-02-04T05:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": [
                {
                    "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. 64, p. 271, repr. fig. 64, p. 254.",
                    "opening_date": "1992-02-04T00:00:00"
                }
            ]
        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "(Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1969, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": [],
                "date": "?-1969",
                "sortorder": 1
            },
            {
                "description": "James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": [],
                "date": "1969-1990",
                "sortorder": 2
            },
            {
                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art",
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                "footnotes": [],
                "date": "1990",
                "sortorder": 3
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        ],
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        "description": "In contrast to other ballgame sculptures on display, it seems unlikely that thin stone heads, known as hachas, are renditions of actual ballgame gear. Their use remains unclear, but the notch at the back of most examples suggests they might have served as architectural ornaments during play or game ceremonies. Also, in a few artistic depictions of game ceremonials, such heads rest upon U-shaped hip protectors, like one nearby.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60778564"
            ],
            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1990.254-ballgame-thin-stone"
            ]
        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Young-S\u00e1nchez, 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 and Mentioned: p. 254",
                "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367"
            }
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        "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 08:03:54.171000"
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