Sujet

Fragment of a Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke, A.D. 700/800. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fragment of a Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke, A.D. 700/800. During ballgames in Mesoamerica, a padded yoke was worn by players to protect the torso. Carved stone yokes were intended as ceremonial emblems or trophies and were not used in play. Totonac, El Tajín and vicinity, Veracruz, Mexico.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21B45_221

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

15,4Mo (840,7Ko) / 25,4cm x 15,2cm / 3000 x 1800 (300dpi)

Mots clés

leisure stone arts carving country game local art Mexico color decoration decorative native Mexican carved location century gallery pastime Central American chunky art gallery serpentine United States of America Colour Amerindian Mesoamerican Pre-Columbian American America USA 8th century preColombian Pre-Colombian preColumbian indigenous object united states Unknown stone Totonac Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art Art Institute Chicago Arts of the Americas chenco chunkey hoop and stick game tchung-kee