Fragment of a Hacha

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Date

c. 800 CE

Medium

Stone

Dimensions

17.3 × 20.7 × 3.2 cm (6 13/16 × 8 3/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith

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Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke

Totonac El Tajín and vicinity, northern Veracruz, Mexico