Palma

ClassificationsTools and Equipment-sporting equipment

Date600-900 CE

Made AtVeracruz, Mexico, Central America, North America

MediumStone

Dimensions16 × 4 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (40.6 × 12.1 × 18.4 cm)

Credit LineBowers Museum Foundation Acquisition Fund Purchase

Object numberF82.10.1

DescriptionStone Palma, Veracruz, Mexico. Stone palma in the form of a quetzal bird. The palma, along with the yoke and hacha, are the three forms commonly identified with the Mesoamerican ball game. Palmas are found only in Veracruz. They are depicted on reliefs found at the Veracruz site of Tajin. In these reliefs, a palma-like implement is worn frontally on the yoke of a ballplayer.

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