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Maya ballplayer figurine, fired clay, Late Classic, A.D. 600-700, about 3 inches tall.
Photographed with the permission
of the Museo Popol Vuh, Universidad Francisco
Marroquin, Guatemala City.
Photographed with a KAIDAN Magellan
1000 Object Rig.
The blue color of this figurine
is a rare pigment known as " Mayan Blue." Use the search
engine to locate books on thousand-year old Maya painting methods
from the Art and Archaeology Book Service.
This figurine is hollow,
since solid clay would fracture in the process of heating in the
kiln and subsequent cooling. At the back of the figure you can see
holes; at the bottom is a mouthpiece to blow on. Most of these figures
are whistles or ocarinas .
Figures of this class are
best known from the sacred burial island of Jaina, Campeche, Mexico.
Almost every museum in the world, and most ever art book on Maya
archaeology, pictures Jaina style figurines. This particular figure,
however, is from Guatemala. |
This individual wears a
special outfit used in the favorite sport of the Classic Maya, the
sacred rubber ballgame.
Our Book
Service has tons of books on the native games of pre-Hispanic
cultures.
Also, our institute offers
colorful slide
shows on this exciting sport. |
This game was played using
rubber from the rubber trees, which is a local species in the tropical
rain forest. Rubber was also used in religious rituals, to make
dolls, and to burn (sort of like incense). Hopefully native Maya
rubber smelled somewhat better than old tires today. Of course their
rubber was natural, not chemical, and not vulcanized.
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