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Key:  MFR 12641 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR 12641 / INAH 3317 Provenance:  Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca. Measurements:  74 x 42 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This figure's right hand is stretched out, palm up, which most probably means that it was holding a bag of incense in the left hand, as this is typical in this type of posture. In the center of the headdress, a large jaguar head. Glyphs:  In the piece's pedestal, the glyph for corn field, framed by the glyph for hill. Dating:  F6

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Key:  MNA 6-630 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren Registration:  6-630 Provenance:  Zimatlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  38 cm. Color:  Dark grey. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Phto by Schlattman, circa 1901; Caso & Bernal 1952: 18, fig. 3; Marcus 1983: 147, fig. 5.12. Comments:  A Cocijo sitting on a throne decorated with the glyph for corn. The pedestal's design of this piece seems to represent a jet of water. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress flanked by two glyphs for corn. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  MARI 35.6067 Actual Location:  Mesoamerican Research Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans (warehouse). Collection:  Major H.S. Bryan. Acquired on 12/06/37. Registration:  35.6067/ M.26.7 Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  15.7 x 8.8 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This fragment is the corner of a box. The human figure on the corner is holding a rope and underneath, we can see the glyph that normally decorates the four corners of the box. Glyphs:  The lines crossing over the figure's face represent glyph P.

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Key:  MFR 1984 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR1984 / INAH 2498 Provenance:  Ixtepec, Oaxaca. Measurements:  11.5 x 13.3 x 4.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Fragment showing Tlaloc's face superimposed on the glyph for corn field.

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Key:  CPA 7 Actual Location:  Private collection in California. Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Drawing based on a photo from Javier Urcid. Comments:  The human figure is holding an ear of corn in the right hand and a rope in the left hand. It is possible that this cord was used for the rite of bleeding. The figure is wearing a mask with attributes to Tlaloc and feathers hang from the ear pieces. The figure carries a big turtle shell on its back.

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Key:  KERR 6460 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  It comes from a photo collection by Justin Kerr, from FAMSI's website. Registration:  Photo number 6460 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17.3 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  http://research.famsi.org/kerrportfolio.html Comments:  Cocijo enthroned. Compare with ROM 1936, MFR s/n 6, SMI 115002, UPM 29-41-707 and MCO 0679. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Glyphs for corn grain decorate the throne.

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Key:  KERR 5841 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  It comes from a photo collection by Justin Kerr, from FAMSI's Website. Registration:  Photo number 5841 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  26.7 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  http://research.famsi.org/kerrportfolio.html Glyphs:  The mask and attire correspond to glyph Ñ. Two glyphs for corn in the headdress.

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Key:  KERR 6456 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  It comes from a photo collection by Justin Kerr, from FAMSI's website. Registration:  Photo number 6456 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17.8 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  http://research.famsi.org/kerrportfolio.html Comments:  Human figure with serpent mask. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Two glyphs for corn in the headdress. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  KERR 6455 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  It comes from a photo collection by Justin Kerr, from FAMSI's website. Registration:  Photo number 6455 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  22.9 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  http://research.famsi.org/kerrportfolio.html Comments:  Effigy of Cocijo. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Glyph E above the conic cap, on both sides. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  MPM 50461 Actual Location:  Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, United States. Registration:  50461 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  19.5 cm. Chronology:  MA III (Parsons 1974: 136); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Parsons 1974: 136, fig. 137b. Comments:  This piece is probably missing side parts. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  MPM 54498 Actual Location:  Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, United States. Registration:  54498 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  23 cm. Chronology:  MA III (Parsons 1974: 136); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Parsons 1974: 136, fig. 137a. Glyphs:  The glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  KERR 6466 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Mrs. John P. Bullington, Texas. Registration:  Photo number 6466 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  50 cm. Color:  Beige Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  It was in a Sotheby's auction on 18 November 1991, fig. 160. It comes from a photo collection by Justin Kerr from FAMSI's website: http://research.famsi.org/kerrportfolio.html Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  UCMA 6-6477 Actual Location:  University of Colima, Archaeological Museum, Manzanillo, Mexico. Collection:  Probably a loan from the National Anthropology Museum. Registration:  INAH 10-81263 / MNA cat. 6-6477 / number 560 written in black on the glass. Provenance:  Unknown (Zaachila?) Measurements:  aprox. 23 cm. Color:  Beige clay. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  The phalanges adorning both sides of the head can be seen in other pieces coming from Zaachila. The piece is missing the pectoral and the phalanx on the left side has been reconstructed. The mask worn by the figure is a Cocijo. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Two glyphs for corn (broken) on both sides of glyph C.

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Key:  BMC 503-11 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Barbier-Mueller Registration:  Inv. 503-11 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  51.8 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  1985 Catalog of the Edward Merrin Gallery: fig. 45; Pre-Columbian Art in the Barbier-Mueller Collection, 1994: plate 58, pages 255 and 356. Comments:  A bird's wing in the headdress. A bag of incense above the ear pieces. Some iconographic details coincide with piece MNA 6-834, such as the frame of the corn field glyph.

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Key:  SOTH 1991.194 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 14 May 1991. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  22.8 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1991: fig. 194. Comments:  See MPM 50461 and SOTH 1998.126. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral and, in its middle, the glyph for cloud.

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