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Key:  UPM 29.41.707 Actual Location:  University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, United States. Registration:  29.41.707 Provenance:  District of Etla, Oaxaca. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Compare with ROM 1936, MFR s/n 6, SMI 115002, MCO 0679 and KERR 6460. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress. The throne is decorated with the glyph for corn grain.

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Key:  MFR 2770 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Ervin Frissell (date of purchase: 6 June 1969). Registration:  INAH 2770 / MFR 8266 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  25.8 x 19.3 cm. Color:  Grey with traces of red paint. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Kowalewski and Truell, 1970: 3); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Kowalewski and Truell, 1970, p. 3, figs. 3 & 4 and also cover. Comments:  This effigy has attributes of the Central Mexican Rain God known as Tlaloc. The defining characteristic are the large rings around the eyes. The pectoral seems to be a bag of incense, similar to the ones seen on Tlaloc vessels from Teotihuacan.

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Key:  KERR 6460 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  It comes from a photo collection by Justin Kerr, from FAMSI's website. Registration:  Photo number 6460 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17.3 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  http://research.famsi.org/kerrportfolio.html Comments:  Cocijo enthroned. Compare with ROM 1936, MFR s/n 6, SMI 115002, UPM 29-41-707 and MCO 0679. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Glyphs for corn grain decorate the throne.

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Key:  EMB 11394 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Seler 1887 and 1888 Registration:  IV Ca. 11394 Provenance:  Mitla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  28 cm. de largo. Tubo 7 cm. dia Color:  Brown clay with traces of white stucco and red pigment. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This piece was probably used as a drain because it is shaped like a tube. A rectangular opening on the top means that the liquid would have run down the sides of the alligator or serpent's head . A human figure comes out of its jaws and the nose of this supernatural being is a jaguar's head.

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