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Key:  MNA Mont. YW ofrenda 1-2 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Provenance:  Mound YW, West of "Y" site, offering I, number 2, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  15 x 7.5 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 289, fig. 439; Caso et al. 1967: 122, fig. 78, no. 2 (drawing) Comments:  Drawing based on Mendoza. This piece was found under stelae no. 16. There was a small pot under the urn, made of grey, polished and thin clay (cf. Caso et al. 1967: 122, Fig. 78, no. 3). Glyphs:  Glyph E "Xoo" in the pectoral. Underneath, there is another shape that is not well understood yet, but it could be an alligator's eye.

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Key:  MNA 6-251 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-251 Provenance:  Tejalapa, Oaxaca. Measurements:  13 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 238, fig. 383. Comments:  The piece has two vases attached to the back. Also see: MNA 6-252, SLAM 1060:1983, MCO t/1991-4 Glyphs:  Glyph E "Xoo" in the pectoral.

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Key:  MNA 6-252 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #548 Registration:  6-252 Provenance:  Huitzo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  12 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 238, fig. 382. Comments:  This piece has two vases attached to the back. Also see: MNA 6-251, SLAM 1060:1983, MCO t/1991-4. Glyphs:  Glyph E "Xoo" in the pectoral.

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Key:  MNA 6-713 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-713 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  31 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 243, fig. 388. Comments:  A piece is missing, probably a bag of incense. The rope can be seen in their hands and this is a typical posture for holding the bag. Glyphs:  Glyph E in the headdress. Glyph E superimposed on glyph C. In the upper part of glyph C, a jaguar's head.

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Key:  MFR 1347 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh Registration:  MFR 1347 Provenance:  District of Ocotlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  24 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol. II, 70, plate LVIII. Comments:  Masked person wearing a decorated cape and clasping an incense bag in both hands. What appear to be leaves cover the hands. In the headdress there are three jaguar heads, one in the middle and one on each side. The side heads are turned 15 degrees. The same combination of decorated cape, incense bag and jaguar heads can also be seen in MNA 6-221, MFR 12641, MAMP s/n, MFR 7741 and CB1. Glyphs:  Glyph E in the headdress.

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Key:  MFR 1812 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Ervin Frissell Registration:  MFR 1812 / INAH 2749 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  32 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay coated in grey. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 405) MA IIIB (Paddock, MFR card); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 405, fig. 372. Glyphs:  Glyph E in the pectoral. The headdress and mask correspond to glyph Ñ. Dating:  F42

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Key:  MFVH B.349 Actual Location:  Museum für Volkerkunde und Vorgesshichte, Hamburg, Germany. Collection:  Dr. C.W. Lüdus (NAA photo archives: batch 92, box 6, binder 2). Registration:  B. 349 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  18 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with a light grey coating. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1968a: vol. III, 30, plate XIV a & b. Glyphs:  Glyph F in the headdress. The bird's eyes are glyph E.

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Key:  MFVH 51.59.17 Actual Location:  Museum für Volkerkunde und Vorgesshichte, Hamburg, Germany. Registration:  51.59.17 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17 cm. Chronology:  MA III (Boos 1962:135); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1962: 129-135, plate III. Glyphs:  This piece has glyph L in the headdress with a bar numeral underneath (Urcid 1992: 407). Boos maintains that this shape represents glyph E "earthquake" (Boos 1962: 133).

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Key:  MDO 33 Actual Location:  Dolores Olmedo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren; Armilia Van Rijn (195?-1964); Dolores Olmedo Patiño (presently). Registration:  Record from the National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH), P.F. 100, LO 33 Provenance:  Etla, Oaxaca, according to an undated foto by Rickards. Measurements:  63 x 48.5 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 390); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photo from Rickards, circa 1911 (document by Jorge Rickards); Caso and Bernal 1952: 209, fig. 346; Boos 1966b: 390, fig. 360a and b; Anton and Dockstader 1969: 45. Comments:  This piece was probably found by Fernando Sologuren at the beginning of the last century. In 1928, Caso and Bernal (1952: 97) took pictures of the piece when it was at Mercedes Sologuren's house. At the beginning of the 1950s, the piece went to Machilda Armilia Van Rijn and then, in 1964, it was acquired by Dolores Olmedo Patiño (personal communication with Patricia Van Rijn, 1999). For a similar Etla style of this period compare it with MDO 32 and MFR 12619. Glyphs:  Glyph E "Xoo" reproduced several times in the headdress. The headdress mask corresponds to glyph U. Above the mask's nose, a jaguar's head can be seen and, above it, the glyph for corn.

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Key:  AMNH 164/322763 Actual Location:  American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States. Collection:  Marshall H. Saville Registration:  164/322763 Provenance:  Cuilapan, Oaxaca. Measurements:  68.5 cm. Color:  Light grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Saville 1904: 58; Boos 1968a: vol. III, 27, plate X. Comments:  Discovered by Saville in 1902. He found it in front of a tomb in Cuilapan (Saville 1904: 59). The hands have been restored for the object's exhibition. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The pectoral shows the glyph for "open corn grain", combined with glyph E.

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Key:  MQB 87.101.47 Actual Location:  Musée du quai Branly (previously Musée de l’Homme), Paris, France Collection:  Jules Labadie Registration:  87.101.47 Provenance:  Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca (Boos 1966: 172) Measurements:  86 x 62 cm. (Winter 1994: 151); 34.4 x 24.8 cm. (Boos 1966b: 172) Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  MA IIIB-IV (Winter 1994a: 151); MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 172); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 172. fig. 152; Winter 1994a: 151. Comments:  This vessel is similar to another vessel at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM 1396), but the glyph in the headdress is different. Glyphs:  Glyph E in the headdress superimposed to a glyph C.

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Key:  ROM 1945 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 1945 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  20 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  A very early example of the Cocijo. Glyphs:  The figure has a variant of glyph C in the headdress. Glyph epsilon or "blood" hanging from the ears.

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Key:  ROM 1396 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 1396 / 917.4.41 Provenance:  without provenance Measurements:  33.5 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with vestiges of green. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1964: plate IV; Boos 1966: 83, fig. 63. Comments:  A very similar piece exists in the Museé du quay Branly in Paris, but the bird face in the headdress is replaced with glyph E (cf. MQB 87.101.47). Glyphs:  In the headdress the glyph F is placed over the glyph C. Dating:  UNAM test #100364: authentic

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Key:  CPA 6 Actual Location:  Anonymous private collection in Mexico. Collection:  Kurt Stavenhagen Registration:  ST-L9-0101 Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 285, fig. 263. Comments:  Effigy of a jaguar. Glyphs:  The glyph epsilon, or "blood," in the corners of the mouth.

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Key:  CB 4 Actual Location:  Bustamante Vasconcelos Foundation, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Mr. Manuel J. Bustamante Vasconcelos Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  15 x 8.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress with a glyph E superimposed.

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