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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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Key:  SMI 215142 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States Collection:  Louis H. Aymé Registration:  215142 Provenance:  sin procedencia Color:  Grey with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 200 - 500 AD.   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Seated figure wearing a bird helmet, probably of a owl.

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Key:  JANSSEN 1 Actual Location:  Musées Royaux d’Árt et d’Histoire, Belgium Collection:  Dora and Paul Janssen Registration:  without registration Provenance:  s/p Color:  Grey Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Les Maîtres de l'Art précolumbien. La collection Dora et Paul Janssen, pp. 87, 88-89, y 93. Comments:  Person who wears an short bird mask and also has the large head of a bird in his headdress, possibly a Quetzal. On each side of the bird head wings can be seen. This piece was bought by the Janssens at auction, and the final destination of the colección still has to be determined.

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Key:  UBM CO1354 Actual Location:  Übersee Museum of Bremen, Germany. Collection:  Kluckhom-Stallforth (Dr. P. Kluckhom 1821, F.W. Stallforth 1921) Registration:  CO1354 Provenance:  Unknown Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  König and Kröfges 2001: 99 Comments:  Although this object is not an "urn" we include it here because it is a type of effigy with a container. The bird sitting on top of this box is most probably a turkey (guajalote in Mexico) evident by the absence of feathers on the head and a fleshy protuberance that hangs from the top of its beak called a snood. The head of the bird has been perforated, perhaps for purposes of adding additional decoration or to place a cord through the object. Glyphs:  The glyph 6 Jaguar is inscribed in white on the front of the box. The glyph for "cloud" on one side of the bird.

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