Hacha Stone
Pre-Columbian Hacha stone. Finely carved in grey sandstone. Design of stylized bird, probably toucan.
Hacha stones were used in Mesoamerican ball games as part of the protective equipment, or representations of the protective equipment.
- Object: Hacha Stone
- Artist: -
- Circa: 600 AD
- Dimensions: 9" high 10" wide
- Culture Area: Mesoamerica, Mexico
- Cultural Group: Unspecified
- Cultural Context: Hacha stones may be ritual effigies of the protective gear worn by ball players, not objects that were intended to be used in the ballgame themselves. see A Figurative Hacha from Buenavista del Cayo, Belize The PARI Journal 18(3):7-26 © 2018 Ancient Cultures Institute CHRISTOPHE HELMKE University of Copenhagen JASON YAEGER University of Texas at San Antonio MARK ELI University of Texas at San Antonio
- Donor: Boone, Marjorie
- Catalog #: 86.096