Ballgame Thin Stone Head (Hacha)
AD 600–900
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Ballgame Thin Stone Head (Hacha), AD 600–900. Mesoamerica, Classic Veracruz style. Stone; overall: 20 x 6.8 x 14.3 cm (7 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.33 The interlaced designs on this head’s forehead are similar to a Maya symbol for rulership.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- stone
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 20 x 6.8 x 14.3 cm (7 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1945.33
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Americas, Pre-Columbian Art of the Gulf States, Julie Mehretu: Portals (FRONT International: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows), Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9 1945-January 6 1946. "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 24.<br><br>Coral Gables, FL: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami; January 11 - February 11, 1973. "Pre- Columbian Art of the Gulf States." exh. cat. no. 22, repr. p. 13.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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