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Results 161 - 175 of 182 for "glyph C"
Key:  EMB 11152
Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany.
Collection:  Edward Seler 1890
Registration:  IV Ca. 11152
Provenance:  Tlacolula, Oaxaca
Measurements:  26 x 15.5 - 9.3 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Lehmann 1922, plate 31; Schuler-Schömig 1970: 136, plate 206.
Comments:  This head fragment has several glyphs in the headdress, including the glyph for hill. The human figure is wearing a nose ring and his teeth have been polished.
Glyphs:  Above the forehead, the glyph for hill. The face in the headdress, with vertical lines crossing over the eyes, corresponds to glyph P, which seems to be superimposed on a glyph C. In the upper part of the corpus, a glyph N but without
Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test No. 206: authentic (TL's date: A.C. 1058-1163).

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Key:  EMB 39743
Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany.
Collection:  E. Johannssen 1927
Registration:  IV Ca. 39743
Provenance:  Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  47.5 x 13.7 cm.
Color:  Dark grey clay.
Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD
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Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 30, plate 1.
Comments:  Early representation of a Cocijo. Although the TL study by Goedicke et al. 1992 maintain that this object is a fake, my opinion, based on the object's iconography and signs of wear and breakage, is that the piece is authentic.
Glyphs:  The glyph C in the headdress is one of its kind.
Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test no. 1: not authentic (no date).

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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
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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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Key:  EMB 24094
Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany.
Collection:  Heinrich Hinrichs 1902
Registration:  IV Ca. 24094
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  34.5 x 11.6 cm.
Color:  Dark grey clay.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 35, plate 13.
Comments:  Human figure with Cocijo mask and attire.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress; the glyph for corn field in the pectoral; and the glyph for cloud decorating the loincloth.
Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test No. 13, authentic (TL's date: A.C. 133-523).

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Key:  SMI 214979
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States.
Collection:  E.O. Matthews
Registration:  214979.000; Acc. 39096
Provenance:  Unknown
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Glyphs:  Behind a glyph C, glyph V. Under glyph V, on the sides, there are four numerals (4V).

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Key:  SMI 115005
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States.
Registration:  115005
Provenance:  Unknown
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Comments:  This piece is missing the body's limbs.
Glyphs:  Glyph C surrounded by three numerals (3C).

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Key:  SMI 115158
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States.
Registration:  115158
Provenance:  Unknown
Color:  Coated with red pigment.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Comments:  Effigy of Cocijo. In the upper part of glyph C, three elements like feathers.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  MFVH 3645
Actual Location:  Museum für Volkerkunde und Vorgesshichte, Hamburg, Germany.
Registration:  B3645
Provenance:  Unknown
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Drawing based on a photo at the Ibero-American Institute, Seler Collection, box 73.
Glyphs:  Glyph 1 P in the headdress. On both sides of the head, in the headdress, the epsilon or "blood" glyph can be seen.

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Key:  SOTH 1993.158
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction
Provenance:  Unknown
Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD
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Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1993: fig. 158.
Comments:  The strip coming out of the central element of glyph C is overly extended, compared with other pieces.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  SOTH 1994.129
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  20.3 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1994: fig. 129.
Glyphs:  Two glyphs B (jaguar) in the headdress, crowned with glyph J (corn). On both sides of the headdress, there are S-shaped glyphs that could represent clouds. In the middle of the headdress, glyph C and the glyph for corn field as pectoral.

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Key:  MNA 6-846
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Collection:  Fernando Sologuren
Registration:  6-846
Provenance:  Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  59 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 508, fig. 228
Comments:  There is confusion about who found this piece. According to Caso and Bernal (1952: 508) it was Marshall Saville and they cite his article of 1899. However, there is no mention of this piece in the work. It was undoubtedly part of the Sologuren Collection because it is shown in photos of his heritage, at the beginning of the last century.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress (broken).

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Key:  MFR 5183
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Collection:  Ervin Frissell
Registration:  5183
Provenance:  Tlacolula, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  14.5 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  MA IIIA (Shaplin's opinion); Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Comments:  Effigy with Cocijo mask. Drawing based on a photo from Philippa Shaplin.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Glyph for corn field in pectoral. Two epsilon (or blood) glyphs hanging from the ear pieces.

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Key:  MFR s/n 4
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Provenance:  Huitzo, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  22 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Comments:  The whole face is missing. Interesting piece due to the unrecorded way of presenting glyph C. Drawing based on a photo from Philippa Shaplin.
Glyphs:  Four glyphs C around the headdress.

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Key:  MCO 6-694
Actual Location:  Museum of the Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited).
Collection:  Fernando Sologuren
Registration:  6-694
Provenance:  Zimatlán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  49 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 91, fig. 151; Martínez et al. 2000: 127, fig. 48c.
Comments:  This figure holds a demijohn and is wearing a mask. The piece belongs to a series of four. The other three pieces of the group are at the Smithsonian Institution, under catalog numbers SMI 215060 (complete piece), SMI 215061 and SMI 214994 (fragmented pieces).
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  SMI 215060
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States.
Registration:  215060
Provenance:  Zimatlán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  49 cm.
Color:  Grey clay.
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Comments:  This figure holds a demijohn and is wearing a mask. The piece belongs to a group of four. Two pieces from the series are at the Smithsonian Institution (catalog numbers SMI 215061 and SMI 214994 - fragmented pieces) and another piece is exhibited, in Oaxaca, see MCO 6-694.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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