
This hand carved stone ring was use to shoot the
ball through to score points. Legends say that the the winning captain would present his
head to the losing captain, who then decapitates him. While this may seem a strange
reward, the Mayans believed this to be the ultimate honor.The winning captain getting a
direct ticket to heaven instead of going through the 13 steps that the Mayan's believed
they had to go through in order to reach heaven..

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