Top: In antiquity players personified celestial beings, such as the powerful Tezcatlipoca, or Smoking Mirror, shown in east (red) and west (black) manifestations in the Borgia Codex, an almanac from the central Mexican highlands. A striped sacrificial victim reveals the probable fate of the defeated players. –America's Ancient Skywatchers by John B. Carlson, Photo by Bob Sacha, National Geographic, p. 96-97, March 1990.

Bottom left: Joueur de pelote –Sciences et Avenir, p. 104, # 585, nov. 1995.

Bottom right: Players may hit the hard rubber ball only with their hips as they attemp to keep it in play –National Geographic, March 1990.

K(Cl)ick the ball tepük to return to the previous drawing.

(at).ob.al : (oyn).am.oğh : throw. round. take [lame] : (play). ma+ke >  ball @ game : (anthropology) A game with religious and political significance in Maya and other Mesoamerican societies before the Spanish invasion. It was played with a rubber ball on a walled court. See dictionary entry at.ob : al; am.okh