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Tuxcacuesco-Ortices Style Colima Terracotta Sculpture of a Ballplayer - PF.0585
Origin: Colima, Mexico
Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD
Dimensions: 5.125" (13.0cm) high x 2.375" (6.0cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Tuxcacuesco-Ortices
Medium: Terracotta

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Location: United States
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Wearing a yoke with attached hachas--stone weight handicaps--this man stands anticipating the start of play in the ritual ballgame. He is undoubtedly aware in this moment of calm that the sport is fast-moving, frequently bloody, with an outcome of cosmic importance. - (PF.0585)
 

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