A Veracruz Handstone, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950

of abstract form with a crenelated edge on the curving side and two handles along the flattened sides, pierced through the center; in grey basalt.

William Spratling
Andre Emmerich Inc., 1970

These enigmatic 'padlock' stones have no clear function for the ball game but have been associated as a part of the ritual accoutrements.  This particular example may be illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias, Indian Art of Mexico and Central America, New York, 1957, fig. 72.