Cleveland Museum of Art
Vessel with Ballplayer
- Date
- c. 600–1000
- Medium
- earthenware, pigment
- Culture
- Mexico, Yucatán, Maya (Chocholá) style (250-900)
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Many Mesoamerican people played ball games, using their hips rather than hands and feet to keep the heavy, solid rubber ball in play. Here a Maya ballplayer, wearing a thick protector to shield his torso from injury, dives to intercept the ball, which hovers in front of his face. The scene is situated within stepped walls, probably those of a ball court. This vessel was once broken into 34 pieces before being repaired.
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