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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:  MFVV 59.878 Actual Location:  Museum für Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria. Registration:  59.878 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  42.5 x 26 cm. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 147); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 147, fig. 133. Comments:  The figure was probably holding a bag of incense in the hands, but it broke.

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Key:  EMB 28354 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Edward Seler 1897 Registration:  IV Ca. 28354 Provenance:  Yatzechi, Oaxaca. Measurements:  21.9 x 12 dia. cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of a lighter grey paint. Chronology:  MA V (Eubanks 1999: 148); Late Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Fuhrmann 1922: plate 65; Boos 1968: 2; Schuler-Schömig 1970: 87, plate 117; Mongne 1987: 39 (drawing); Eubanks 1999: 147-148, fig. 119; Deimal and Ruhnau 2000: 18; Sellen 2002: 14, fig. 12a (drawing). Comments:  Mongne (1987: 39) published this piece as an example of forgery, but thanks to the TL test (Goedicke et al, 1992), we know it is authentic. There is a very similar piece at the British Museum of London (see BM1964/AM 19/6). The ear of corn is a representation of the virile member pierced by a cord in an act of ritual bleeding (cf. Sellen 2002: 14). Also see MFVW 274 for another human figure holding a blood letting cord in his hand. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The broken part of glyph C has been repaired. Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992: 71, test 117, authentic (TL's date: 1144-1272 AD).

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Key:  MFVV 55.163 Actual Location:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, Austria. Collection:  Manuel Ortega Reyes (von Müller 1998 [1864]: 80); Edward Seler. Registration:  Nr 55.163 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  55 x 24 x 26 cm. Color:  Grey clay with a coating of beige stucco. Chronology:  MA IIIB-IV (Winter, 1994:157); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Von Müller 1998 [1864]: 82; Die Mexikanishen Sammlungen,1965, plate 20; Winter 1994a: 157. Comments:  This standing human figure is holding a bat-shaped glass in his hands. The piece was probably made in two sections. A necklace of maxillae hangs from the neck. He wears a belt of bells around his waist. See also SMI195806.

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Key:  EMB 38471 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Walter Lehmann (donated to the EMB in 1909). Registration:  IV Ca. 38471 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  10.5 x 10.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Late MA IIIB-IV (Winter 1994: 159); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 116, plate 79; Winter 1994a: 159. Comments:  A bat's head combined with a bat's claw. Glyphs:  Epsilon or "blood" glyph in the corners of the mouth. It has two coefficient-5 bars in the eyebrows (10 epsilon?). Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992: 70, test # 79: authentic (undated).

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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:  MDO 38 Actual Location:  Dolores Olmedo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Registration:  Record from the National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH), P.F. 100, LO 38 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  25.5 x 25.5 cm. Color:  Beige clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  The headdress of the piece is missing. The figure is holding a bag of incense.

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Key:  SMI 115034 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  Louis H. Ayme. Acquired by the Museum on 1 June 1885. Registration:  Cat. 115034; Acc. # 16107 Provenance:  Chicomazuchil, Oaxaca. Measurements:  35.5 x 41 cm. Color:  Beige Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 323. Comments:  There is a head at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM 373) similar to this piece's head and it is possible that the body is alike as well. It could represent an old jaguar, but the other option would be a dog. According to a card from the Smithsonian Institution, fragments under Cat. 115160 and 115043 belong to this piece.

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Key:  MSMA 1993.23.3 Actual Location:  Site Museum, Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Registration:  Burial 1993-23, no. 3, Monte Albán. Provenance:  South platform, West side, structure PSLP-S2, square 17, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  30 x 25 x 24 dia. cm. Color:  Beige clay Chronology:  MA IIIB-IV (Winter et al. 1995:126); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Winter et al. 1995: 126-127. figs. 33b, 34a, 35b. Comments:  This piece was found in a grave associated with a skeleton and a bat's claw vessel. According to Winter the grave was looted in pre-Hispanic times and these pieces were removed. The effigy vessel was found in two pieces, at different ends of the tomb. When the piece was found the figure was holding a bag of incense (see excavation photo, Winter et al. 1995: 127) but the report does not describe this fragment and it is currently without it. The figure is wearing a mouth mask (type 2). To compare this piece with another, more complete, see SOTH 1976.147.

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Key:  MRT 1 Actual Location:  Mexican Museum of Prehispanic Art, Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Rufino Tamayo Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  aprox. 30 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Representation of a bat. Glyphs:  Two epsilon glyphs in the corners of the mouth. The eyebrows are shaped like bar numerals.

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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 1399 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 1399 Provenance:  Santo Domingo Galiesa, District of Ocotlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  43.2 cm. Color:  Light grey clay with a light grey coating. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photo from the Rickards Collection circa 1917; Rickards 1938: 164, plate V (Rickards published a copy of this piece); Treasures of Pre-Columbian Art 1959: no. 547; Woeller 1960: plate 28; Boos 1968a: vol. III, plate XI; Sellen 1999: fig. 1, 2002a. Comments:  This piece has been forged with copies. The copies are in various collections in Europe and most of them have been proven false thanks to the TL test (cf. Schuler-Schömig 1970: 8, plate II, for the piece in Berlin and Mongne 1987: 25-26, fig. 10, for an example of the four pieces in Paris). Rickards (1938: 164) reports that four vessels like this one came out of a tomb in Santo Domingo. If this information is true, then the location of the other three original pieces is unknown. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The glyph on one side of the head is unknown. The glyph for corn in the right hand. In the left hand, possibly another unknown plant, maybe it is the young corn (cf. Sellen 2002b). Dating:  TL by Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, test #21: authentic; TL by Lazos, Ortiz, Ruvalcaba and Sellen 1999, test #110375: authentic.

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Key:  ROM 1435 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 1435 Provenance:  Cuilapan, Oaxaca. Measurements:  42 cm. Color:  Grey clay with a lighter layer of stucco. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Rickards 1922; Boos 1964b: plate XIa & XIb; Urcid 1998: fig. 3; Sellen 2000b, 2002b. Comments:  This engraved cylinder has an identical companion (cf. Rickards 1922 and photos of the collection before it reached Canada). The location of the other piece is unknown. The use of this piece is also unknown (cf. Urcid 1998 and Sellen 2002b). The figure of Cocijo has been reproduced twice in the cylinder, carrying objects in both hands, probably corn plants in different stages of development. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Dating:  TL by Lazos, Ortiz, Ruvalcaba and Sellen, 1999, test #110385: authentic.

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Key:  ROM 1452 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 1452 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  9 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Demijohn with two pouring handles. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress and above it , three glyphs for corn grain.

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Key:  ROM 168 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 168 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  13.5 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Glyphs:  The owl's face in the vessel corresponds to glyph F.

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