Yoke (Ballgame Trophy)

600-1500

41.9 cm 27.9 cm

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Best known from Mesoamerica, variants of the 'ballgame' were played across a significantly greater geographic range, including the Caribbean. As with Mesoamerican ballcourt tradition, Caribbean cultures, and particularly the Taino, carved stone versions of ballgame equipment....

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17773
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sculpture
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normalized
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Estate of Jaime Vasquez, Santo Domingo, until 1980s; Dan Pucara of Lost Arts, New York, 1980s; Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York, 2001, by purchase; Private collector, Hawaii, 2001, by purchase; Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York, 2006, by purchase; Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation [John Stokes as agent], June 14, 2006, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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en
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Taino
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