Standing ballplayer
Standing ballplayer

On view

East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Standing ballplayer,

1200–900 BCE

Tlatilco (Type D-4)
Early Formative Period
y1990-63

Information

Title
Standing ballplayer
Dates

1200–900 BCE

Medium
Ceramic with traces of red, yellow, and white pigments
Dimensions
6.7 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm (2 5/8 × 1 5/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Object Number
y1990-63
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Central Mexico

Culture
Tlatilco
Period
Early Preclassic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
pigment, ceramic
Subject
athletes, ball games, figures (representations), ball courts

Acquired by the Princeton Univeristy Art Museum, 1990.

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