Composite Drawing Comparing Ballcourt from Codex Bodley and Tonina and a Modern Ballplayer from Sinaloa

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Black ink on drawing paper
Object Dimensions
8 1/2 x 11 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-7157
Annotations
Aztec Court from Codex Bodley #2588; Tonina; Fig. 8:4 Drawing after Leyenaar
Bibliography

Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. 1993. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: W. Morrow: 342, Fig. 8:2e; 8:2f; 344, Fig. 8:4i

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Site Found
Tonina
Geographic Region
Mexico
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Archaeological Phase
Late Classic; Postclassic; Modern
Culture
Maya
Description

Ballcourt forms and layouts.

Top: Drawing of an Aztec Ballcourt from the Codex Bodley no. 2858.

Middle: Ballcourt at Tonina with I-shaped playing field; and modern ballplayer (after Leyenaar 1978).

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