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Key:  MFR 1230 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  1230 Provenance:  Tlacolula, Oaxaca. Measurements:  22 cm. Color:  Light grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 230); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 230, figs. 207, 208 Glyphs:  This piece corresponds to glyph X.

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Key:  CPA 9 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Anonymous private collection. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  57 x 44 x 27 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica: Mexico-Guatemala-Honduras, 1985, fig. 138. Comments:  There is a bird's head in the headdress, possibly a "tlachechol". Compare with BMS 15997. Glyphs:  Glyph for doe in the headdress.

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Key:  MNA 6-635 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-635 Provenance:  Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca. Measurements:  39 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 52, fig. 72 bis.; Bernal 1966: 83, fig. 3. Comments:  Caso and Bernal define this type as "God with Cocijo Head in Headdress". For other examples, see EMB 24882, cm.A 44.78, MFVV 55.158, MDO 32 and MFR s/n 1. For an analysis of this type, see Sellen 2002: 9. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  CPA 10 Actual Location:  Private collection in Mexico. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  19.5 cm. Chronology:  MA Transition (Boos 1966b: 281); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 281, fig. 260. Glyphs:  Glyph for water in the headdress?

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Key:  MNA 6-800 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Registration:  6-800 Provenance:  Ocotlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  15 cm. (cabeza) 47 cm. (cabeza y cuerpo) Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIA (Caso and Bernal 1952: 205); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 208, fig. 345; Paddock 139, fig. 132. Comments:  Only the head of this piece, which has been restored, is exhibited at the National Anthropology Museum. Caso and Bernal published the whole piece, but it is possible that the body is a contemporary attachment. They said: "In the headdress, a wide-peaked bird and the characteristic eyebrows; but on both sides, two serpent heads can be seen. Its fine work is a typical example of the art of Zapotec potters in the period IIIA" (Caso and Bernal 1952: 205). Glyphs:  The U and M glyphs (reproduced twice) in the headdress.

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Key:  MNA 6-806 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-806 Provenance:  Ocotlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  26 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Caso and Bernal 1952: 279); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 278-279, fig. 425; Paddock 1966: 138, fig. 129. Comments:  Caso and Bernal use this piece to designate category "Goddess 11 Death". Part of the glyph for corn is now broken, but in the photograph published by these authors in 1952, it was complete. Glyphs:  There is a mask of glyph M in the headdress and above, a glyph for corn (partially broken). Above the legs, two bars and a numeral 11. In the pectoral's cartouche, glyph M "Death" (11 H).

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Key:  MNA 6-707 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Guillermo de Heredia (according to a photo at the AH-MNA). Registration:  6-707 Provenance:  Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca. Measurements:  32 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Red pigment stain in the tied-up hair. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 103-104, fig. 169. Glyphs:  This piece corresponds to glyph Ñ.

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Key:  MNA 6-706 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-706 Provenance:  San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  43 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 106 and 108, fig. 174. Glyphs:  This piece corresponds to glyph Ñ.

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Key:  MNA 6-2001 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Possibly from the Genin Collection, according to a photo at the AH/MNA. Registration:  6-2001 / 6-375 (new) Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 233, fig. 372. Comments:  This figure is wearing a type of helmet. The hair comes out from the helmet's holes and the head's crown, and hangs on both sides. The figure has a double glass on the back. The bead that this figure carries on the neck seems to have the same imprint as one made of gold and found in tomb 4, in Mitla (see Caso 1936: plate 2). Also see: MFR 2487, MFR 7748, MDO 40, MNA 6-2000, MNA 6-235, MNA 6-257, EMB 28355, GM 83.1.89.

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Key:  MNA 6-257 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-257/ 6-19 (new) Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  18 cm. Color:  Reddish Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 236, fig. 379. Comments:  The figure has a double vase on the back. Also see: MFR 2487, MFR 7748, MDO 40, MNA 6-2000, MNA 2001, MNA 6-235, EMB 28355, GM 83.1.89.

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Key:  MNA 6-248 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-248 Provenance:  Coyotepec, Oaxaca. Measurements:  29 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment in the headdress. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 246, fig. 393. Comments:  Caso and Bernal classify this vessel under category "God 5 Turquoise". It features a bird's mask, corresponding to glyph X. Glyphs:  The pectoral is the glyph for corn and is hanging upside down. Compare with MFR 1773.

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Key:  MNA 6-596 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #521 Registration:  6-596 Provenance:  Ixtepeji, Oaxaca. Measurements:  21 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Bauer's photograph, circa 1900, in König and Kröfges 2001: 130; Caso and Bernal 1952: 22, fig. 14. Comments:  Effigy vessel with Cocijo mask. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  MNA 6-17 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-17 Provenance:  Tomb 6, no. 1, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  19 cm. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Caso and Bernal 1952: 155); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso 1932: 16, figs. 26 & 27; Caso and Bernal 1952: 155-156 & 158, fig. 268. Comments:  Found in tomb 6, next to a variety of ceramic pieces. A feather seems to be hanging next to one of the ears. The headdress is decorated with shells and the human figure is wearing a mask with feline traits.

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Key:  MNA 6-778 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-778 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 87, fig. 138. Comments:  The figure is holding a non-identified object in the right hand. Possibly the spine of the maguey plant. Glyphs:  Glyph 6 D in the headdress.

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Key:  MNA 6-6006 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Registration:  6-06 Provenance:  Platform E, offering 10, no. 113, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  24 cm. Color:  Grey clay with red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Caso and Bernal 1952: 55); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 55-56, fig. 80. Comments:  Caso and Bernal comment that this vessel is a "human figure with tiger mask".

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