Precolumbian sculpture, National Museum of Anthropology

Ballgame marker, stone disc with relief of a ballplayer hitting a ball with his hip, in the sacred pelota game, with glyphs, Mayan, late classic period, c. 590 AD, from Chinkultic, Chiapas, at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia or National Museum of Anthropology, holding national collections of archaeology and ethnography, founded 1964, in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico. The player wears a belt and protective pads on his arm and knee. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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