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Results 51 - 65 of 154 for "peche"
Key:  ROM 1936
Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Collection:  Constantino Rickards
Registration:  HM 1936
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  21 x 18.5 cm.
Color:  Beige clay.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Comments:  This piece is almost identical to another at the Museum of Cultures in Oaxaca, which was excavated by Caso and Bernal in Monte Albán (mound YW, well 1, no. 8 - cf. Caso & Bernal 1952: fig. 64 and Caso et al. 1967: 125, fig. 79). There is a vessel between the figure and the throne's back. The upper edge of the piece has three perforations. Compare with UPM 29-41-707, MFR s/n 6, SMI 115002, MCO 0679 and KERR 6460.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  ROM 347
Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Collection:  Constantino Rickards
Registration:  HM 347 / 917. 4. 37
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  18 cm.
Color:  Grey clay with traces of green pigment.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Caso and Bernal 1952: 158-159); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1964b: plate XX.
Comments:  The tongue coming out of this piece's mouth covers the pectoral.
Glyphs:  The glyph for "corn field" in the pectoral.

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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:  BM 1946/AM/19/5
Actual Location:  British Museum, London, England.
Registration:  1946/AM/19/5
Provenance:  Tyllo, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  32 cm.
Color:  Cream with light grey coating.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 406, fig. 374.
Comments:  The figure is holding a non-identified object in the hands. However, it could be a bag of incense. It wears a mouth jaguar mask and has rosettes in the headdress. There is also a plaited cord in the headdress, on the left side.

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Key:  BIRM 1965.33
Actual Location:  Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, England.
Registration:  1965:33:00
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  53.3 x 30 x 28 cm.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Collection's catalog, Birmingham Museum of Art, 1984: 39, fig 26.
Comments:  This piece accompanies two more: one that is at the Rufino Tamayo Museum in Oaxaca, Mexico (MRT 3) and another, which is in Stanford (SUAM 1997.167). There were probably four or five in total.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  MNA 6-825
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Registration:  6-825
Provenance:  Ocotlán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  30 cm.
Chronology:  MA IIIA (Caso and Bernal 1952:199); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 199, figs. 333-334.
Comments:  Caso and Bernal use this piece to define category "God with Head Piece of Wide-Peaked Bird". According to them, the wide-peaked bird could be a tlauhquechol.
Glyphs:  The mask of glyph U in the headdress.

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Key:  MFR 1244
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Collection:  Howard Leigh
Registration:  1244
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  39 cm.
Color:  Beige
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 289, fig. 267; Urcid 1993: 159, fig. 12.
Comments:  Great effigy of a jaguar.
Glyphs:  Glyph U in the headdress, surrounded by leaves (glyph 109).

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Key:  MNA 6-636
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #414
Registration:  6-636
Provenance:  Zautla, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  30 cm.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 349); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 136-137, fig. 233; Boos 1966b: 349, fig. 323.
Comments:  Compare with CB 8 and MFR 3745.
Glyphs:  Glyph J in the headdress flanked by two glyphs for corn grain.

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Key:  SMI 115002
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States.
Collection:  Louis H. Ayme
Registration:  115002 acc. 16107
Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  20 cm.
Color:  Dark grey clay
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1968a: vol. III, 22, plate I
Comments:  Compare with UPM 29-41-707, MFR s/n 6, ROM 1936, MCO 0679 and KERR 6460.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The glyph for corn grain decorating the throne's back.

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Key:  MFVV 59.889
Actual Location:  Museum für Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria.
Registration:  59.889
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  22 x 28 cm.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 94); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 94, fig. 76.
Glyphs:  The figure wears a headdress that corresponds to glyph V.

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Key:  MFR 1332
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Collection:  Ervin Frissell
Registration:  1332 / INAH 2610
Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  42.7 x 31.15 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 184) MA IV (Paddock, MFR card 4027); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 184, fig. 163.
Comments:  The headdress is placed on the forehead.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress and a glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  MFVF 3
Actual Location:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Germany.
Collection:  Bodo Spranz
Registration:  No. 3
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  23 cm.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 417); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 417 & 418, figs. 384 & 385.
Comments:  Figure holding a bag of incense and wearing a decorated cape.

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Key:  MCO 0679
Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Registration:  10-1043225 INAH / cm.ROA 0679
Provenance:  Mound YW, well 1, offering 2, No. 8, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  23 cm.
Chronology:  Early MA IIIB (Caso 1938: 19); Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Caso 1938: 19, fig. 27; Caso & Bernal 1952: 47, fig. 64; Caso et al. 1967: 125, fig. 79.
Comments:  The shapes in the throne have been opened on the sides and it seems this was done on purpose to be able to decorate the piece with feathers, plants or other objects. In the upper part of the throne, there are also holes to allow the decoration of the piece. Caso says that this piece was found as an offering to Stelae 16 (Caso 1938: 19). Skulls of birds and a "very dark" soil were found inside the piece (Caso, Bernal y Acosta 1967: 127). This piece was found next to another urn (see MNA Mont. Y.W.of.2-2). Both were covered with broken pieces of earthenware and flat stones to protect them. Compare with ROM 1936, MFR s/n 6, SMI 115002, UPM 29-41-707 and KERR 6460.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The glyph for corn grain in the throne's dossal.

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Key:  PMAE 47126
Actual Location:  Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, United States.
Collection:  G.W. E Griffiths circa 1885, donated by Charles Bowditch, Dec. 19, 1889.
Registration:  89-9-20/47126
Provenance:  Cuilapan, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  15 cm.
Color:  Dark grey clay with a lighter grey coating and traces of red pigment.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 303, fig. 282.
Comments:  The effigy's base is broken halfway.

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Key:  MNA 6-4842
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Collection:  Guillermo Dupaix
Registration:  6-42
Provenance:  Mitla, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  47 cm.
Color:  Grey clay with traces of white and red paint. Face painted in red.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Gumesindo & Sánchez 1882: 465, no. 1 (catalog description); Seler 1904: 302, plate XXXVI; Galindo & Villa 1905: plate 26; Mexican masks, 1945, p. 50, fig. 43; Mexican Art 1953: fig. 20; Covarrubias 1957: plate XXXV; Romero 1958: plate XL. The richness
Comments:  According to the information provided by Edward Seler, this piece was found by explorer Dupaix at the beginning of the 19th century, in Mitla. Jaguar headdress and in the jaguar's forehead, a bird's head. Another bird head hangs from a pendant. The piece has no feet and was probably used as the lid of another container.
Glyphs:  Two glyphs for heart on both sides of the headdress.

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