Ball Player, 7th–10th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Veracruz, Nopiloa, Ceramic, H. 10-1/2 in. (26.7 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, This mold-made ceramic figure depicts a bearded, mustachioed male wearing a ballgame yoke around his waist to protect him from the hard, solid rubber ball used in play. There are cylindrical ear ornaments in his ears and, beneath his arm, a batonlike object perhaps related to the local incarnation of the ballgame
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Ball Player, 7th–10th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Veracruz, Nopiloa, Ceramic, H, 10-1/2, 26.7 cm, Ceramics-Sculpture, mold, ceramic figure, depicts, bearded, mustachioed male, wearing, ballgame yoke, waist, protect, hard, solid rubber, ball, play, cylindrical ear, ornaments, ears, beneath, arm, batonlike object, perhaps, related, local incarnation, ballgame
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