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35mm slide scanned by Ed Pollard-2016.
Yoke
35mm slide scanned by Ed Pollard-2016.
35mm slide scanned by Ed Pollard-2016.

Yoke

Artist Unknown
CultureVeracruz | Mexican
DateClassic Period (200-900)
MediumStone | Cinnabar
DimensionsOverall: 17 x 14 x 5 in. (43.2 x 35.6 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.3019
Not on view
DescriptionYoke of pink-white mottled stone rubbed with cinnabar. Sixteen carved circles around inner ring on top. Faces on ends. Root marks and encrustations on bottom and inside. Classic Tajin style.

Label TextYoke Veracruz (Mexico), Classic Period (200-900 CE) Stone with cinnabar, 17 x 14 x 5 in. (43.2 x 35.6 x 12.7 cm) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.3019Exhibition History"Game On: Sports in Ancient and Modern Art," Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, July 9 - October 9, 2016.
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Captured from a digital file. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
Classic; Post Classic
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
ca. 600
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 7000 -1000 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Pre Classic- Classic Period
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
300-600
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd century A.D.
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a transparency.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Matthew Metz
2000