On view
Art of the Ancient Americas
Kneeling ballplayer,
1200–900 BCE
Xochipala
Early Formative Period
2016-1107
Information
Title
Kneeling ballplayer
Dates
1200–900 BCE
Medium
Ceramic with yellow, red, and white slip-paint
Dimensions
12 × 10 × 5 cm (4 3/4 × 3 15/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1107
Place Made
North America, Mexico, Guerrero, San Francisco Ozomatlan
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
Rutilo Ocampo; purchased on June 27, 1970, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.
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"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1971," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 31 no. 1 (1972): p. 20-32.
, p. 24 - Carlo T. E. Gay, Xochipala: The Beginnings of Olmec Art (Princeton, The Princeton University Art Museum, 1972)., figs. 7a–d, pp. 21–23 (illus.)
- Jill Guthrie, ed., In celebration: works of art from the Collections of Princeton Alumni and Friends of The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 1997)., cat. no. 65
- E. Michael Whittington, ed., The sport of life and death: the Mesoamerican ballgame (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001)., cat. no. 106, p. 233 (illus.)
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In Celebration: Works of Art from the Collections of Princeton Alumni and Friends of the Art Museum (Saturday, February 22, 1997 - Sunday, June 08, 1997)
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The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame:
Mint Museum of Art (22 Sept., 2001 – 6 Jan., 2002);
New Orleans Museum of Art (16 Feb. – 28 Apr. 2002);
Joslyn Art Museum (8 Jun. – 1 Sept., 2002);
Newark Museum (1 Oct. – 1 Dec., 2002).
