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Key:  SMI 115158
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States.
Registration:  115158
Provenance:  Unknown
Color:  Coated with red pigment.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Comments:  Effigy of Cocijo. In the upper part of glyph C, three elements like feathers.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  MFR 1845
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Provenance:  Unknown
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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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:  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
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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:  MNA t/103, antecámara
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Provenance:  Antechamber of tomb 103, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  20 cm.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 40, fig. 17 (drawing).
Comments:  This piece, a pot with two pouring handles, decorated in front with a Cocijo head, was found in the antechamber of tomb 103. Next to this piece, an effigy vessel representing a female human figure (MNA 6-4852), a cylindrical polished black glass and a few fragments of earthenware with fresco polychromed decorations were found. The tomb was excavated by Caso in the sixth period (1937). For a very similar ceramic set, see EMB 11157, EMB 11158, EMB 11159 and EMB 11156.

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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:  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
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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
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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
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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:  MCO 10-104807
Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (warehouse).
Registration:  10-104807 / 6-760 (Caso and Bernal 1952: 189)
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  26.5 x 20 cm.
Color:  Grey clay with traces of white stucco.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 189, fig. 318.
Glyphs:  The face corresponds to glyph X.

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Key:  MFVH 3645
Actual Location:  Museum für Volkerkunde und Vorgesshichte, Hamburg, Germany.
Registration:  B3645
Provenance:  Unknown
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Drawing based on a photo at the Ibero-American Institute, Seler Collection, box 73.
Glyphs:  Glyph 1 P in the headdress. On both sides of the head, in the headdress, the epsilon or "blood" glyph can be seen.

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Key:  MNA 6-805
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Collection:  Fernando Sologuren
Registration:  6-805
Provenance:  Sta. Inés Tlapacoyan, Oaxaca
Measurements:  22 cm.
Color:  Red
Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD
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Reference:  Seler's color drawing 1888; Peñafiel 1893: 19; Caso and Bernal 1952: 279, fig. 426.
Glyphs:  Glyph J (for corn) in the headdress.

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Key:  MNA 6-400
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #455
Provenance:  San Juan Teitipac, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  29 cm.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 286, fig. 435.
Comments:  According to a photograph of the Seler Collection at the Ibero-American Institute, we know that this piece was part of Fernando Sologuren's collection.

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Key:  MNA Mont. YW ofrenda 2-2
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Provenance:  Mound YW, well 1, offering 2, No. 2, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  19 x 14.5 cm.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Caso et al. 1967: 126, fig. 79a.
Comments:  Caso found this urn in an excavation of mound YW (fifth period 1936) next to another urn (MCO 0679) which were both covered with broken pieces of earthenware (potsherds) and flat stones to protect them.

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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
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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 Patio t.104
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Provenance:  Courtyard of tomb 104, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  26 cm.
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 285, fig. 432.
Comments:  Caso and Bernal (1952: 283) say: "...[the figure] bears a serpent eye in the headdress, as well as a few beads of jade, decorated as numerals, in the shape of number 11, which was probably 13; among them, a bead of authentic jade". Because of the bad quality of the photo presented, these details cannot be observed.
Glyphs:  The glyph for alligator eye (V) in the headdress.

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