Ball Court Marker
Artist
Unknown
Datecirca 550–850
MediumLimestone
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 23 1/8 × 24 × 2 in., 97lb. (58.7 × 61 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object number82.14
On View
On view"African, Oceanic, and New World Galleries," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1986-87), mentioned 6, illus. (b-w) 7.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 59.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Ball Court Marker, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 41, 43, illus. (color) 43.
The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame (exhibition catalogue) E. Michael Whittington, ed. (London: Thames & Hudson for the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, 2001), cat. no. 39, mentioned 86, discussed 172, illus. (b-w) 86, (color) 172.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Ball Court Marker, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 88, illus. (color) 89.
Exhibition HistoryCharlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame," September 22, 2001-December 30, 2002; New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Museum of Art, February 16-April 28, 2002; Newark, NJ, The Newark Museum, October 1-December 29, 2002, cat. no. 39, mentioned 86, discussed 172, illus. (b-w) 86, (color) 172.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Becoming the NCMA: 10 Decades of Collecting, 1924-2022," June 11-August 21, 2022.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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