Currently not on view
Ceremonial bloodletter with finial in the form of a standing ballplayer,
1500–1000 BCE
Xochipala
Early Formative Period
y1987-27
Information
Title
Ceremonial bloodletter with finial in the form of a standing ballplayer
Dates
1500–1000 BCE
Medium
Stone with cinnabar and white pigment
Dimensions
h. 21.7 cm., diam. 1.5 cm. (8 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
y1987-27
Place Made
North America, Mexico, Guerrero, Central Mexico, Xochipala
Culture
Period
Subject
- Precolumbian Masterpieces: Mexico, Peru, Central America, American Indian (New York: Edward H. Merrin Gallery, 1985)., no. 2, p. 2 (illus.)
- Arne Eggebrecht, Glanz und Untergang des Alten Mexiko: Die Azteken und ihre Vorläufer (Mainz: Verlag Phillip von Zabern, 1986).
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1987", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 47, no. 1 (1988): p. 30-54., p. 51 (illus.)
- E. Michael Whittington, ed., The sport of life and death: the Mesoamerican ballgame (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001)., cat. no. 13
- Colleen Popson, "Extreme Sport," Archaeology 56, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct., 2003): p. 42-48., p. 46 (illus.)
