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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 6-5801 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  MNA cat. 6-5801/ Inv. 10-61343. Provenance:  Tomb 77, no. 26, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  81.5 x 66 cm. Color:  Painted in blue, yellow, white and red. Chronology:  MA II (Caso and Bernal 1952: 202); Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso 1935: 26-27; Keleman 1943: vol. II, plate 121c; Toscano 1944: 429; Caso & Bernal 1952: 202-203, figs. 341, 341 bis; Covarrubias 1957: plate XXXIV; Paddock 1966: 124, fig. 80; Gendrop 1970: 137, fig. 158b; Pre-Columbian Art 1990: 151, fig. 52. Comments:  This piece was found by Alfonso Caso in the period PMA IV (1934-1935). According to Caso and Bernal, the piece is an early expression of the "God with Head Piece of a Wide-Beaked Bird" (1952: 204). Flannery and Marcus believe that the urn represents a warrior because, according to them, the head piece worn by the figure is a bird of prey (1996: 199). See also MNA t/77, no. 3.

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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 6-4850 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.

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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.

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Key:  SMI 115151 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  Louis H. Ayme. Acquired by the Museum on 29 July 1885. Registration:  Cat. 115151, Acc. No. 16290 Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  40 x 34.5 cm. Color:  Light grey clay with a bright red coating. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966: 130, fig. 115 and p. 64, color plate; Whitecotton 1985: 87. Comments:  This piece is used as the lid of another container, maybe a brazier. There is an alligator's mask in the headdress, and above it, another mask, of a butterfly. The human figure is holding a bird in each hand, probably quetzal birds.

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Key:  MNA 6-799 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-799 / 6-3302 Provenance:  Amatlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  37 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 180, fig. 307 Comments:  Human figure with a bird in the headdress, possibly a turkey buzzard. He is holding a bag of incense in the left hand. For similar pieces, compare with MFR 1845, MFVV 6087 y MNA 6-799.

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Key:  MNA 6-798 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-798 Provenance:  Atzompa, Oaxaca. Measurements:  31 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 186, fig. 314. Comments:  Human figure with a bird in the headdress, possibly a turkey buzzard. For similar pieces, compare with MFR 1845, MFVV 6087 and MNA 6-799.

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Key:  EMB 37949 Actual Location:  Ethonological Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Edward Seler 1911 Registration:  IV Ca. 37949 Provenance:  Oaxaca Measurements:  13.8 x 7.5 dia. cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Schuler-Schömig 1970: 120); Xoo 600 - 800 AD?   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 120, plate 181; Deimel & Ruhnau 2000: 17. Comments:  The side elements are bird wings. Glyphs:  This human figure's face corresponds to glyph X. Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test no.181: authentic (TL's date: 726-971 AD).

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Key:  BMC 503-11 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Barbier-Mueller Registration:  Inv. 503-11 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  51.8 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  1985 Catalog of the Edward Merrin Gallery: fig. 45; Pre-Columbian Art in the Barbier-Mueller Collection, 1994: plate 58, pages 255 and 356. Comments:  A bird's wing in the headdress. A bag of incense above the ear pieces. Some iconographic details coincide with piece MNA 6-834, such as the frame of the corn field glyph.

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Key:  MSMA 10-604186 Actual Location:  Site Museum, Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Registration:  Inv. 10-604186 Provenance:  Monte Albán, Special Project 1999-2000 Measurements:  47.5 x 44 cm. Color:  Reddish clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Clay plaque. Glyphs:  Three numerals in the upper part of the plaque. Glyph U, unfolded (3U). Under glyph U, the glyph for corn field as the place's name, flanked by two bird heads.

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Key:  SOTH 1990.207 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 2 May 1990. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  31.7 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1990: fig. 207. Comments:  A butterfly mask in the headdress. On both sides of the central mouth of this mask, two Tlaloc heads, turned. The piece is flanked by two bird wings.

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Key:  EMB 24097 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Heinrichs Hinrichs 1902 Registration:  IV Ca. 24097 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  24.5 x 10.2 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 118, plate 176. Comments:  This feminine human figure has a winged bird in the headdress. Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test No. 118: authentic (TL's date: A.C. 966-1061).

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Key:  MFR 1845 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Human figure with a bird in the headdress, possibly a turkey buzzard. For similar pieces, compare with MNA 6-799, MNA 6-798 and MFVV 6087. This piece was probably used as a brazier's lid. Dating:  F9

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Key:  SDMA Actual Location:  San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, United States. Collection:  John K Stearns Registration:  1978-14-236 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  16 cm. Color:  Grey clay painted with a bright red pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Bird wings can be seen on both sides of the face. Glyphs:  Glyph V (alligator) in the headdress.

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