Ballgame iconography and playing gear : late classic Maya polychrome vases and stone sculpture of Peten, Guatemala / by Nicholas M. Hellmuth.
By: Hellmuth, Nicholas M
Contributor(s): Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research. International Photographic Archive of Pre-Columbian Art
Series: Corpus of Maya ArtPublisher: Culver City, CA : International Photographic Archive of Pre-Columbian Art, Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research, 1987.Description: xvi, [6], 246-472, [60]p., 525-541 leaves : ill. ; 28cm.ISSN: 0932584160Other title: Ball game. Vol. 2Subject(s): Ball games -- Guatemala | Ball games in art | Pottery, Guatemalan | Maya pottery | Stone vases -- Guatemala | Petén (Guatemala : Department)
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British Museum | Africa Oceania and the Americas | Open Shelves | KUE [HEL-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | M16583 |
There is no leaf xi.
Unnumbered 60 pages are illustrations.
Leaf numbers follow from Vol. 1 - "Human sacrifice in ballgame scenes on early classic cylindrical tripods from the Tiquisate region, Guatemala" (M16582).
From leaf [iv]: "Originally prepared for The International Symposium on the Mesoamerican Ballgame and Ballcourts in the New World: The Native American Ballgame for the session Iconography and Symbolism under the assigned topic Southern (Lowland) Maya vases. Now revised and expanded in two volumes."
From head of title-page: "Preprint from Corpus of Maya Art in site reports and in museums and private collections, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA, Canada, Europe, and Asia."
Bibliography: leaves 451-461.