File:Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style - Ballgame Hip Protector (Yoke) - 1973.213 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this JPG preview of this TIF file: 800 × 470 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 188 pixels | 640 × 376 pixels | 1,024 × 601 pixels | 1,280 × 751 pixels | 2,560 × 1,503 pixels | 6,202 × 3,641 pixels.
Original file (6,202 × 3,641 pixels, file size: 64.63 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary
[edit]Ballgame Hip Protector (Yoke)
(   ) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title |
Ballgame Hip Protector (Yoke) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object type | sculpture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
U-shaped ballgame sculptures imitate the shape of belt-like protectors, perhaps made of wood and padding, worn to shield ballplayers from injury when they returned the solid rubber ball from their hips. This fine example embodies a major theme of the ballgame: the connection between fertility and death. It is made of greenstone, a precious material that through its color symbolizes the lush burgeoning of nature after the rainy season. The imagery, however, is menacing: a monstrous head snarls from the curve, and human skulls appear on the sides. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | between 600 and 900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Greenstone, pigment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 41.5 x 37.5 x 11 cm (16 5/16 x 14 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current location |
Art of the Americas |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
1973.213 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of creation | Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.213 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
[edit] 
|
This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
|
|
This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 15:55, 1 March 2019 |  | 6,202 × 3,641 (64.63 MB) | Madreiling (talk | contribs) | pattypan 18.02 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on www.wikidata.org