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Key:  KAISER 2
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Darío Quero; Manuel Cervantes (Mexico City); Dr. William F. Kaiser (California); Sotheby's.
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  45.7 cm.
Color:  Dark grey clay with a light grey coating.
Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 57); Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 57, figs. 35-36; Sotheby's, 14 May 2004 (http://search.sothebys.com/jsps/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=47R7D).
Comments:  According to Boos (1966b: 57), this piece originally belonged to Darío Quero and was later acquired by Manuel Cervantes. It ended up in William F. Kaiser's collection. It is possible that the urn represents the Ñuiñe style.
Glyphs:  Glyph F in the headdress and numeral 4 on the chest (4 F?). It is not clear whether the pectoral's element, decorated with dots, is a bar numeral or a glyph (unknown).

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Key:  MFR 7741
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Registration:  MFR 7741
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  56 x 36 cm.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966a: vol. II, 62); Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol. II, 62, plate LII.
Comments:  Figure holding a bag of incense. One of the jaguar heads in the headdress has probably broken. For similar pieces, see SOTH 1976.147, MSMA 1993.23.3 and SMI 115003.
Glyphs:  The headdress and mask correspond to glyph Ñ.
Dating:  F37

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Key:  NMAI 163627
Actual Location:  National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States.
Collection:  Louis Gustave Bellon; George Gustave Heye. Heye purchased this artefact at auction in Paris in 1928.
Registration:  Col. Bellon no. 34; Old number from MAI 16/3627; New number from NMAI 163627.000
Provenance:  Cuilapan, Oaxaca
Measurements:  42 x 45 cm.
Color:  Light brown clay.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  AMNH, Saville Archive, box 28, Bellon collection inventory; Arts of Pre-Columbian Mexico (auction, November 1928) fig. 22; Bernal, Exploraciones de Cuilapan, 1902-1954, p. 67; Boos 1966b: 297, fig. 276 ; Sleight 1988: fig. 24.
Comments:  This piece often appears published without provenance, however the original collector, Gustave Bellon, reported that it was from Cuilapan. A jaguar's head on the left side of the headdress and a plaited cord, on the right side. For a similar piece, but without a glyph, refer to SOTH 1987.156.
Glyphs:  Three numerals and glyph J in the headdress (3 J).

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Key:  SOTH 1996.147
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Jay C. Leff; Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 25 November 1996.
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  49.5 cm.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Easby 1966; Linduff 1974: cover; auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1996: fig. 147.
Comments:  This piece is probably the largest known urn corresponding to glyph Ñ.
Glyphs:  This urn corresponds to glyph Ñ (headdress and mask). Four glyphs J in the headdress.

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Key:  MSMA 1993.23.3
Actual Location:  Site Museum, Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Registration:  Burial 1993-23, no. 3, Monte Albán.
Provenance:  South platform, West side, structure PSLP-S2, square 17, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  30 x 25 x 24 dia. cm.
Color:  Beige clay
Chronology:  MA IIIB-IV (Winter et al. 1995:126); Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Winter et al. 1995: 126-127. figs. 33b, 34a, 35b.
Comments:  This piece was found in a grave associated with a skeleton and a bat's claw vessel. According to Winter the grave was looted in pre-Hispanic times and these pieces were removed. The effigy vessel was found in two pieces, at different ends of the tomb. When the piece was found the figure was holding a bag of incense (see excavation photo, Winter et al. 1995: 127) but the report does not describe this fragment and it is currently without it. The figure is wearing a mouth mask (type 2). To compare this piece with another, more complete, see SOTH 1976.147.

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Key:  SOTH 1987.164
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 18 November 1997
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  40 cm.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1997: fig. 164.
Comments:  The element coming out of the pot seems to be a liquid with an eye.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  SOTH 1989.204
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 20 November 1989.
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  38.2 cm.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1989: fig. 204.
Comments:  The figure is holding an ear of corn in the hands.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  GM 83.1.179
Actual Location:  Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada.
Collection:  Howard Leigh (date of purchase 1954); Davis; George C. Gardiner.
Registration:  G83.1.179
Provenance:  Suchilquiltongo, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  76 cm.
Color:  Beige clay.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 90); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, 1968: no. 108; Boos 1966b: 90; Sotheby Parke Bennet 1974 (October 11): 284; Sotheby Parke Bennet 1975: 366; Winter 1990: 131, fig. c.
Comments:  This monumental vessel is part of a series of four. The other three are at the Frissell Museum: cat. MFR 927, INAH 3313 and MFR 1240. From this last piece, only the head exists. Howard Leigh removed one of these pieces from Mexico and sold it to an individual by the name of "Davis" who lives in New Orleans, United States. Then the piece was auctioned at Sotheby Parke Bennet in 1975 where it was acquired by George C. Gardiner.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.
Dating:  TL by Lazos, Ortiz, Ruvalcaba and Sellen, 1999, test #GAR107: authentic.

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Key:  SOTH 1991.159
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Private collection in Europe; Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 18 November 1991.
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  24.7 cm.
Color:  Traces of red pigment.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Auction catalog, Sotheby's 1991: fig. 159.
Glyphs:  The mask of glyph U in the headdress. This piece corresponds to glyph X.

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Key:  JB 13
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Former private collection of Jules Berman.
Registration:  cat. 13
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  22.9 cm.
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Jules Berman Collection of Mexican Pre-Columbian Art, 1973, fig. 13; Sotheby's auction catalog of June 2, 1999, page 68, fig. 132.
Comments:  The figure is wearing a Cocijo mask.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress and the glyph for corn field as pectoral.

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Key:  SMI 115003
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States.
Collection:  Louis Ayme. Acquired by the Museum on 1 June 1885.
Registration:  Cat. 115003; Acc. 16107
Provenance:  Zaachila. Oaxaca.
Measurements:  19 x 21.5 cm.
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966: 194, fig. 174.
Comments:  For similar, more complete, pieces, see MFR 7741, MSMA 1993.23.3 and SOTH 1976.147.

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Key:  SOTH 1994.133
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 15 November 1994.
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  55.2 cm.
Color:  Grey clay.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1994: fig. 133.
Glyphs:  The headdress represents glyph V (alligator). There are three numerals 2 in the headdress and one under the face (3V).

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Key:  MFR 1225
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Collection:  Howard Leigh (date of purchase: 1954)
Registration:  MFR 1225 / INAH 3313
Provenance:  Suchilquitongo, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  78 x 52 cm.
Color:  Grey clay with traces of red.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Howard Leigh, MFR card 1225); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966:99; Boos 1966: plate LXXXIX.
Comments:  This monumental vessel is part of a series of four. Three are at the Frissell Museum (catalog numbers: 1225, 927 and 1240). This last piece is not complete, and only the head remains. The fourth piece is located in the Gardiner Museum in Canada (GM 83.1.179). The human figure represented is wearing an alligator's mask. While he was acting curator of the Frissell Musem, Howard Leigh ilegally sold one of the objects and had it removed from Mexico. Possibly he sold it to a man named "Davis" in New Orleans, United States. The piece was later sold to the Canadian George C. Gardiner through Sotheby Parke Bennet in 1975.
Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress. The alligator's mask corresponds to glyph V.

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Key:  SOTH 1994.118
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 15 November 1994.
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  26 cm.
Color:  Traces of red pigment.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1994: fig. 118.
Comments:  Human figure sitting on a box with the name of a place engraved.
Glyphs:  Glyph V in the headdress.

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Key:  SOTH 1973.259
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 14 November 1973 and 17 May 1988.
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  44.4 cm.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1973: fig. 259; 1988: fig. 186.
Comments:  Figure with mask with feline traits (alligator). A pot was held in the left hand.

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