Detail View: The AMICA Library: Ballgame Palma
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1973.3
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; Central American; Mexican
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Mexico, Classic Veracruz Style
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Title:
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Ballgame Palma
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 600-900
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Creation Start Date:
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600
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Creation End Date:
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900
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Materials and Techniques:
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stone
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Style or Period:
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Mexico, Classic Veracruz Style
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 49.2cm x 23.5cm x 11.4cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1973.3
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Paul Tishman, NY
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Context:
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In relief sculpture, ballplayers are depicted wearing palmas (objects shaped like palm fronds) at the waist, just above the protective yolk. Presumably, stone palmas are replicas of lighter-weight examples worn by ballplayers.The human-canine figure on the palma's front probably represents a ballplayer standing atop a platform. On the back of the palma, at the base of the carved scene, are two gesturing figures wearing animal masks. Above them is a platform on which an individual holding a blade prepares to sacrifice a recumbent victim. A canine and a deer reach down as if to receive the offering. Above them a rabbit and a feline gesture toward a descending bat deity, who grasps a severed human head, arm, and leg. The composition probably portrays a sequence of events; a contest or ceremony at the bottom, a sacrifice in the center, and the acceptance of the offering at the top.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1973.3.tif
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