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Image Not Available for Drawing of Pok-Ta-Pok the Maya Ball-Game
Drawing of Pok-Ta-Pok the Maya Ball-Game
Image Not Available for Drawing of Pok-Ta-Pok the Maya Ball-Game
Object Number 58-34-20/76029.3
Display Title Drawing of Pok-Ta-Pok the Maya Ball-Game
Descriptions
Department Archival, Oversize Paper
Date 1941
Artist Leonard James Currie
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Copan
Quantity 1

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Drawing of Pok-Ta-Pok the Maya Ball-Game
58-34-20/76029.1 Drawing of Pok-Ta-Pok the Maya Ball-Game
Copan
Image Not Available for Drawing of Pok-Ta-Pok the Maya Ball-Game
58-34-20/76029.2 Drawing of Pok-Ta-Pok the Maya Ball-Game
Copan
Image Not Available for Drawing of Ball Court
58-34-20/75250.1 Drawing of Ball Court
Asuncion Mita
Ball court marker from Altar 1, drawing in crayon by Barbara Page
2004.24.27022 Ball court marker from Altar 1, drawing in crayon by Barbara Page
Lubaantun
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31344.1 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31343 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); !Ungka's cousin catches the ball from an unidentified, visiting girl while other children watch in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31347 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); !Ungka's cousin catches the ball from an unidentified, visiting girl while other children watch in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Cup-and-Ball Game and Loser's game
2004.24.1836 Cup-and-Ball Game and Loser's game
United States
Double ball game, balls and 3 sticks
13-35-10/85300 Double ball game, balls and 3 sticks
Recreational device
North Dakota
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31344 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31344.2 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carrying a child on her back tosses the melon as !Ungka's cousin runs to catch it; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31345 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carrying a child on her back tosses the melon as !Ungka's cousin runs to catch it; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy