FAMSI Resources

570 records searched.

Results 71 - 85 of 179 for "xoo"

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   Click to view Chronology 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.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  SMI 215078 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  E.O. Matthews. Acquired by the Museum on 19 March 1902. Registration:  Cat. 215078; Acc. # 39096 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  26 x 22 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with traces of a lime coating. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1968: 35, plate XX. Comments:  The figure is sitting on a box engraved with the name of a place. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MNA 6-4850 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-4850 (INAH 10-61335) Provenance:  Offering in courtyard VII of tomb 103, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  aprox. 20 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Caso and Bernal 1952: 185); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso 1939: 181 -183, figs. 18 & 19; Caso and Bernal 1952: 185-186, fig. 315. Comments:  Caso and Bernal say: "In [the offering] there are five human figures with masks of bird beaks. Two of them also have quetzal headdresses, while the other three are wearing serpent headdresses. Perhaps, together, they represent the Quetzalcoatl" (Caso and Bernal 1952: 185-186). This figures has an owl's mask in headdress and holds an incense bag in the left hand. All the figures' headdresses are removable. See MNA 6-4851.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MNA 6-4851 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-4851 (INAH 10-61336) Provenance:  Offering in courtyard VII of tomb 103, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  aprox. 20 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Caso and Bernal 1952: 185); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso 1939: 181 -183, figs. 18 & 19; Caso and Bernal 1952: 185-186, fig. 315. Comments:  Caso and Bernal say: "In [the offering] there are five human figures with masks of bird peaks. Two of them also have quetzal headdresses, while the other three are wearing serpent headdresses. Perhaps, together, they represent the Quetzalcoatl" (Caso and Bernal 1952: 185-186). This figure wears a serpent headress and holds a what could be a mirror at his midrift. All the figures' headdresses are removable. See MNA 6-4850. Glyphs:  The mask of glyph V "alligator" in the headdress.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MNA 6-660 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #429 or #458 Registration:  6-660 Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  35 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schlattman's photo, circa 1901; Caso 1927: fig. 7 (center); Caso and Bernal 1952: 95, fig. 158. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The hairpin glyph decorate both sides of the headdress.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MNA 6-1546 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Francisco Belmar #21 Registration:  6-1546 Provenance:  Huitzo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  17 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 43, fig. 53. Comments:  This piece has been glued together. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Five glyphs for corn above glyph C.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MNA Carretera Grande Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Provenance:  Carretera Grande (Large Highway), Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  18 cm. Color:  Reddish brown clay. Chronology:  Late Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 48-49, fig. 68; Paddock 1966: 135, fig. 117. Comments:  This piece is one of a series of four. It features many of the traits Caso called the "L God". It carries an ear of corn in the left hand and a plant (?) in the other hand. The figure is framed by alligator's eyes. Paddock uses this piece to designate the period MA IV (Xoo phase). Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MCS 1 Actual Location:  Community Museum, Suchiquiltongo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Provenance:  Tomb 5, Cerro de la Campana (Hill of the Bell), Oaxaca. Color:  Beige Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  One of three equal pieces found inside the tomb, in the antechamber. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MCS 2 Actual Location:  Community Museum, Suchiquiltongo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Provenance:  Tomb 5, Cerro de la Campana (Hill of the Bell), Oaxaca Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  A standing effigy of a dog or old jaguar. On the right hand, we can see fragments of a rope.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  SLAM 1170:1983 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Valetta Malinowska; Morton D. May. Registration:  1170:1983 / former loan number 1968.469 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  34.9 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photo from Shaplin's files. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Dating:  Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, TL no. 26 (210 rads - authentic).

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  SLAM 3051.73 Actual Location:  Present location unknown Collection:  Loan to the St. Louis Art Museum from the Archaeological Institute of America Registration:  3051.73 (old classification) Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  33.9 cm. Chronology:  MA IIIB-IV (Shaplin's notes); Late Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photo from Shaplin's files. Comments:  Compare with ROM 1923 as these pieces are almost identical. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Dating:  Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, TL no. 37 (350 rads - authentic).

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  SLAM 1189:1983 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Morton D. May Registration:  1189:1983 / former loan number 1968.617 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  32.5 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photo from Shaplin's files. Comments:  According to a photo from Shaplin, there are two other equal pieces at the Los Angeles Museum, so it is possible that they formed a series of three. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Dating:  Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, TL no. 75 (870 rads - authentic).

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  SLAM 279.1978.1 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Valetta Malinowska; Morton D. May. Registration:  279:1978.1 (279:1978.2 not drawn) / former loan numbers 68.455.1; 68.455.2 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  33.6 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photo from Shaplin's files; Parsons 1980: 147, fig. 230 Comments:  One of two pieces in a series. Glyphs:  Two faces with glyph P (?) behind glyph C in the headdress. Dating:  Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, TL nos. 5 and 6 (500-600 rads - authentic).

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MNA 6-338 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  30 x 35 cm. Chronology:  MA IV (Eubanks 1999: 111); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso 1928: 40, fig. 17; Eubanks, 1999: 111, fig. 88 Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Key:  MNA 6-717 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-717 Provenance:  Courtyard of tomb 138, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  28.3 x 22.2 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 94, fig. 155; Eubanks 1999: 108, fig. 85. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress.

Click to view high resolution in a new window select this image for review

Go to Page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12