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Key:  EMB 38804 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Th. Stöpel 1914 Registration:  IV Ca. 38804 Provenance:  Ejutla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  18.3 cm. Color:  Brown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 72, plate 90. Comments:  Effigies of this type usually have coefficient 2 accompanying the glyph for corn. However, this piece is an exception. Glyphs:  Glyph J in the headdress and below, numeral 1 (1J). Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test no. 90, authentic (TL's date: 259-463 AD).

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Key:  EMB 26838 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Edward Seler 1905 Registration:  IV Ca. 26838 Provenance:  Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  20 cm. ancho x 31.9 cm. largo x 18.3 cm.. alto Color:  Brown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 129, plate 192. Comments:  Two heads of a couple on a fragment that must have been the lid of a box. There is no background information for this type of piece, but the man's hair arrangement looks like other pieces. See MFR 1233. Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test No. 192, authentic (TL's date: A.C. 812-1095).

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Key:  SMI 215074 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Registration:  215074 Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Feminine figure with braided hair. Glyphs:  A numeral bar in the headdress worth 5. The corresponding glyph is missing.

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Key:  SMI 215070 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  E.O. Matthews Registration:  Matthews Collection no. 95; Cat. 215070, Acc. 39096 Provenance:  San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca. Color:  Grey clay with traces of white stucco. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  To compare headdresses with the trapezoid-lightning, see ROM 1400, LAMBI T/26, MFR 12520, MFR 12500 and MFR 12502.

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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   Click to view Chronology 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 1235 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh (1953) Registration:  1235 / INAH 3203 Provenance:  San Pedro Mártir, Oaxaca. Measurements:  44.5 x 20 cm. Color:  Grey clay painted in red, brown and white. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966; 470; Anton 1965: fig. 112; Anton & Dockstader 1968: 46; Martí 1955: 31; Martí 1961: 101; Smith 1968: 104. Comments:  The figure is holding a turtle-shell drum in his hands. The piece was slightly restored, with wax. A big portion of the back urn is missing.

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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   Click to view Chronology 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:  MFR 12502 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh (1972) Registration:  MFR 12502 / INAH 3292 Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  410 X 290 X 180 mm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Goes together with MFR 12500. It was broken and glued back together. The cracks are modern and some tiny pieces are missing. To compare headdresses with the trapezoid-lightning pattern, see ROM 1400, LAMBI T/26, SMI 215070 and MFR 12520. Glyphs:  Trapezoid-lightning in the headdress. The glyph for corn in the headdress and, in the upper part, a feline's mouth. Dating:  F30

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Key:  MFR 12520 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR 12520 / 3290 Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  To compare headdresses with the trapezoid-lightning pattern, see ROM 1400, LAMBI T/26, SMI 215070 and MFR 12520. Dating:  F70

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Key:  MFR 12519 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR 12519 / INAH 3279 Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  To compare headdresses with the trapezoid-lightning pattern, see ROM 1400, LAMBI T/26, SMI 215070, MFR 12520, MFR 12500 and MFR 12502.

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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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Key:  MNA s/n Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Sologuren #1910? Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal (1952: 79, fig. c). Comments:  Caso and Bernal (1952: 79, fig. c) say that this piece comes from an excavation in Courtyard S.V.G., Well 4, in Monte Albán, but this is not possible because this head appears in one of the shelves of the Sologuren Collection circa 1902. Thus, the information provided by Caso and Bernal is wrong. Glyphs:  Glyph J (corn) in the headdress.

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Key:  MNA 6-485 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #568 Registration:  6-485 Provenance:  Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca. Measurements:  22 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 42, fig. 51. Comments:  According to Sologuren's inventory list, this pot with Cocijo face was found with bones inside.

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Key:  MNA 6-846 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Fernando Sologuren Registration:  6-846 Provenance:  Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  59 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 508, fig. 228 Comments:  There is confusion about who found this piece. According to Caso and Bernal (1952: 508) it was Marshall Saville and they cite his article of 1899. However, there is no mention of this piece in the work. It was undoubtedly part of the Sologuren Collection because it is shown in photos of his heritage, at the beginning of the last century. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress (broken).

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Key:  MFR s/n 4 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Provenance:  Huitzo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  22 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  The whole face is missing. Interesting piece due to the unrecorded way of presenting glyph C. Drawing based on a photo from Philippa Shaplin. Glyphs:  Four glyphs C around the headdress.

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