Veracruz Stone Ballgame Yoke

**Originally Listed At $8000** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A large and finely carved, greenstone yoke replete with tremendous artistry and technique, and therefore likely a ce

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Vera Cruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. An undecorated, sanded yoke from the Mesoamerican ballgame, hand-carved from a mottled beige-hued stone with black and d

apparently granite with traces of red pigment, ornamented with carved Quetzalcoatl feathered serpent deity design. 4 1/2" high,13 1/2" wide, 14 1/4" deep. Old losses.

A Veracruz Stone Yoke Eastern Mexico, c. 400-700 AD Speckled gray stone, the ends carved in relief to depict half of a face with a large headdress. Remains of red cinnabar in

A STONE 'TOAD' YOKEMexico, Veracruz classical culture, 550-950 AD The yoke with a horseshoe shape, the stone carved with a stylized representation of a toad.42 x 36 x 13,5 cmProvenance: ancient collec

PRE-COLUMBIAN: Veracruz Hacha, Ancient Mesoamerica, c. 600 - 900 AD, stone, carved Veracruz stone hacha associated with the ancient Mesoamerican ballgame, in shape of jaguar head with crest headdress

Pre-Columbian, Vera Cruz, Mexico, ca. 500 to 800 CE. Exceptional and important stone hacha - implement used in the ballgame - in the form of a warrior inside the head of an eagle. The warrior is shown

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. This is a large piece of carved volcanic rock called a hacha, which was worn atop the protective yoke that ballplayers wore in ancie

Pre-Colombian Veracruz carved stone hacha in the form of a head with a wooden stand. Hachas like this were often worn by players of Mesoamerican ballgames.(Not including stand) height: 3 in x width: 2

Pre-Columbian, Huastec, Northern Veracruz, Mexico, ca. 1000 to 1300 CE. A very unusual stone palma - attached to the hips as part of the ballgame uniform. Carved from voclanic stone in the form of an

Pre-columbian Veracruz Serpentine Yugo from Mexico, ca. 600-900 A.D. Light cream colored serpentine stone in the shape of a ball game yugo. 15.55″ in length x 13.38″ in width x 4.13″

Pre-Columbian Style Carved Stone "Yoke" Ceremonial Belt. Hard grey stone carved as ceremonial representation of the protective guards worn by Mesoamerican ballplayers around the waist. The ends carved

A Veracruz Stone tenon or hacha Mesoamerica, Post Classic, circa 700-900 A human head with fleshy facial features sharply contrasting the deeply carved eye sockets -- perhaps once inlaid w

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A fabulous example of a hand-carved stone hacha depicting an abstract anthropomorphic face, perhaps that o

A powerful and early example of full form, 2nd phase, circa 1000-1200 AD Exceptionally carved allover and with a full bodied relief of a humanoid/Zemi and a pair of owl head nodules in pale green ston

Full form. Well carved with bat heads. Diameter 12"X 14"

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz/Veracruz, ca. 700 to 900 CE. A large carved stone hacha fragment depicting a stylized face in profile - the indented eye outlined with low relief curving shapes that m

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, Postclassic period, ca. 13th to early 16th century CE. This is an amazing carved stone hacha in the form of a highly abstract anthropomo

A Taino stone yoke or collar, ca. 600 - 1500 A.D., Ellipsoid form with thicker ends. The stone ring features two snake heads each swollowing the tail of the other. Dimensions: 13_1/4" x 9-3/4"; Weight

Pre-Columbian Veracruz stone hacha from Mexico, ca. 600-800 CE. A superb and beautiful hacha with human face and elaborate headdress. 13" height. Ex. D. Farias, Texas, acquired by descent from Darryl

Large Pre-Columbian Veracruz style stone hacha from Mexico, ca. 400-600. ad. Carved hacha with open work geometric design. 11 3/4” height.

A Vera Cruz stone palma fragment, Mexico. Elaborate Pre - Columbian stone fragment with raised figure. Measures 13" high, 8.5" wide, 4.5" deep. Bronze mounting device attached at back. Provenance: Ex

A Vera Cruz stone palma fragment, Mexico. Elaborate Pre - Columbian stone fragment. Measures 9.25" high, 8" wide, 4.5" deep. Provenance: Ex Sotheby's Pre Columbian Art. Sale 4968, Sale Date 11/23/1982

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. This is a fine stone palma, made of volcanic grey stone, and carved in the form of a crouching skeleton, with a particularly clear skull. The pa