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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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Key:  SOTH 1998.126 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 27 May 1998. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  24.5 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1998: fig. 126. Comments:  See MPM 50461 and SOTH 1991.194. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress. The glyph for corn field as pectoral. Under this glyph is the glyph for cloud shaped as an S.

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Key:  SOTH 1990.207 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Peter Wray; Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 19 November 1990. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  27.3 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1990: fig. 207. Glyphs:  A glyph C (?) in the headdress. The glyph for "cloud" can be seen in the strips hanging from both sides of the headdress. These strips end with glyph J for "corn". The glyph for "corn field" hanging as pectoral.

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Key:  MSMA 10-604186 Actual Location:  Site Museum, Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Registration:  Inv. 10-604186 Provenance:  Monte Albán, Special Project 1999-2000 Measurements:  47.5 x 44 cm. Color:  Reddish clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Clay plaque. Glyphs:  Three numerals in the upper part of the plaque. Glyph U, unfolded (3U). Under glyph U, the glyph for corn field as the place's name, flanked by two bird heads.

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Key:  SOTH 1974.356 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 13 and 14 December 1974. Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1974: 84, fig. 356. Glyphs:  A numeral bar plus a numeral (6). Glyph E in the headdress (6E). The glyph for corn field hanging as pectoral.

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Key:  SOTH 1987.156 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 27 and 28 November 1987 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  33 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1984: fig. 156. Comments:  See SMI 163627 for a piece with similar headdress. Glyphs:  The glyph for corn field hanging as pectoral.

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Key:  PEÑAFIEL 1 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Antonio Peñafiel Provenance:  Atzompa, Oaxaca. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Peñafiel 1890: vol. I, plate 77. Glyphs:  Six numerals in the headdress. The glyph for corn in the central part (6 J).

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Key:  UD 2 Actual Location:  Unknown Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  http://www.rose-hulman.edu/-delacova/zapotecs/zapotec.gif Glyphs:  Cocijo face with glyph C in the headdress. In the upper part, there is a numeral, but the glyph it refers to is unknown. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral. In the central part of this glyph, a human face.

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Key:  Nelson 1 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Nelson Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Drawing based on a photograph provided by Javier Urcid (2003). Comments:  Effigy of a bat carrying a staff. There is some kind of knot in the genitals. Glyphs:  Two glyphs for blood in the corners of the mouth.

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Key:  MBA 1972.32 Actual Location:  Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canadá. Registration:  1972.Ac.32 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  20.5 x 26.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Part of the headdress is missing on this piece. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Two glyphs for corn on both sides of the headdress. The glyph for corn field hanging as pectoral.

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Key:  EMB 29014 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Edward Seler 1897 Registration:  IV Ca. 29014 Provenance:  Talea, Oaxaca. Measurements:  22 x 6.7 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 114, plate 169. Comments:  See Caso and Bernal 1952: 158. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The glyph in the pectoral, which was probably the glyph for corn field, is missing. Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test no. 169: authentic (TL's date: A.C. 603-873).

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