Maker: Unknown, Warrior with a Trophy Head,  900–1200, Volcanic rock, × × cm (15 × 8 1/4 × 5 in.), Images of trophy bearers carrying an axe in one hand and a severed head in the other commonly occur in Costa Rican sculpture. The head that this warrior is holding, smaller than life-size, may be a shrunken one. Trophy heads were given as prizes in the ballgame, suggesting that this trophy bearer might have been a ballgame victor, his belt perhaps echoing a ballplayer’s yoke. , Made in Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Guapiles, Period VI, Early Postclassic Period

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