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Key:  SLAM 298:1978 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Valetta Malinowska; Morton D. May Registration:  298:1978 / former loan number 1968.615 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  12.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  MA I (Parsons 1980: 129); Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photo from Shaplin; Parsons 1980: 129, fig. 192. Comments:  Human figure with Cocijo mask. Dating:  Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, TL no. 85 (700 rads - authentic).

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Key:  MFR 1983 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR 1983 / INAH 2732 Provenance:  Unknown. San Dionisio? Measurements:  27 x 21 cm. Color:  Light grey clay. Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Example of an early Cocijo effigy. Dating:  F18

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Key:  MFR 1361 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR CC-1361 / INAH 3200 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  36.5 x 23 cm. Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Effigy of Cocijo. Glyphs:  The hairpin glyph decorates the garments. Dating:  F76

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Key:  SLAM 504:1978 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Valetta Malinowska; Morton D. May. Registration:  504:1978 / former loan number 1970.98 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  22.5 cm. Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Parsons 1980: 131, fig. 197. Comments:  This piece is part of a series of four identical objects. The human figure is wearing a Cocijo mask. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress (early version).

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Key:  CHILA 1 Actual Location:  Unknown Provenance:  Bajos de Chila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  22 x 15 cm. Color:  Headdress with graffito paint. Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This piece was found by Donald Brockington in 1969, while travelling through the coast of Oaxaca. It was associated with stelae number one in the archaeological site of Chila (Brockington et al. 1974: 58-62). The piece was covered with a big plate decorated in black and red. The drawing is based on Jorrín (1974). In a letter from Brockington to Philippa Shaplin (01/19/76), the archaeologist established phase MA II or II-IIIA Transition.

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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   Click to view Chronology 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:  SOTH 1993.158 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology 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:  MWF 47341 Actual Location:  Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany Collection:  Hasso Von Winning 1968 Registration:  NS 47341 Provenance:  Patio of tomb 157, offering 1, Monte Alban, Oaxaca (14th season) Color:  Beige clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AC   Click to view Chronology Reference:  not published Comments:  This object has very specific provenance information, including a mention of a "14th season", suggesting that it came from one of Alfonso Caso's 18 seasons in the field beginning in 1930. If this is the case, we cannot explain how the object found its way into the hands of a private collector before being donated to a museum.

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