Vessel in the form of a ball-game player
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Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Donor
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) from an unknown source in Guatemala in 1923; donated to MAI by Samuel K. Lothrop in 1923.
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- Date created
- AD 300–900 (Classic period)
- Catalog Number
- 12/3347
- Barcode
- 123347.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Vessel in the form of a ball-game player
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled
- Dimensions
- 21 x 34 x 27 cm
- Place
- Santa Cruz del Quiché; Santa Cruz del Quiché Municipality; Quiché Department, Southwest Region; Guatemala
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_132789
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69cf356c9-06be-4679-87d2-097b9558ec3c
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