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Key:  ROM 323
Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Collection:  Constantino Rickards
Registration:  HM 323
Provenance:  Tlacolula, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  12.5 cm.
Color:  Grey clay.
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Sellen 1999: 3.
Comments:  Glass with a bat's claw and engraved glyph. See EMB 35312.
Glyphs:  Glyph V "alligator eye". Numeral 1 engraved on the claw's foot (1 V).
Dating:  National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), test no. 090322: authentic.

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Key:  MFR 12500
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Collection:  Howard Leigh (1972)
Registration:  MFR 12500 / INAH 3163
Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  410 x 290 x 220 mm.
Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment.
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Comments:  Goes together with MFR 12502. Bat whose nasal appendage was broken and painted in vermillion in Ancient Times. To compare headdresses with the trapezoid-lightning pattern, see ROM 1400, LAMBI T/26, SMI 215070, MFR 12502 and MFR 12520.
Glyphs:  Trapezoid-lightning in the headdress. Two epsilon or blood glyphs in the corners of the mouth. Framed by the trapezoid-lightning, a feline's mouth.
Dating:  F 29

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Key:  AMNH 30.0/1
Actual Location:  American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States
Collection:  Mrs. Robert W. De Forest. Donated 8 April 1904.
Registration:  30.0/1; Acc. 1904-25.
Provenance:  Found in a mound, near a tomb, in the valley of Oaxaca, Winter 1903-1904.
Color:  Beige clay with traces of red pigment in the mask in the headress (teeth)
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Saville 1904: 51, photo p. 50.
Comments:  This figure represents a woman holding a shield and a club. The mask in the headddress represents Cocijo. The piece was probably found with AMNH 30.0/4, a bat figure with the same headdress.

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Key:  AMNH 30.0/4
Actual Location:  American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States
Collection:  Mrs. Robert W. De Forest. Donated 8 April 1904.
Registration:  30.0/4; Acc. 1904-25.
Provenance:  Found in a mound near a tomb, in the vally of Oaxaca, Winter 1903-1904.
Color:  Beige clay
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD
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Reference:  Saville 1904: 51, photo on p. 50.
Comments:  This object probably accompanied AMNH 30.0/1 and represents a man personifying a bat. In his hands he hold a shield and a club. Part of the club has broken off.

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