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Key:  MNA patio 1, Atzompa Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Provenance:  Courtyard 1, well 2/R, no. 1, Atzompa, Oaxaca. Measurements:  13 cm. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 287, fig. 436. Comments:  Caso and Bernal (1952: 285) say about this urn: "We do not have any urns [of this type] in Monte Albán dating from the period IIIA; but in Atzompa, in well 2R No. 1, a beautiful figurine of this goddess was found, accompanied by two engraved glasses that undoubtedly correspond to the period IIIA".

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Key:  SOTH 1994.129 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  20.3 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1994: fig. 129. Glyphs:  Two glyphs B (jaguar) in the headdress, crowned with glyph J (corn). On both sides of the headdress, there are S-shaped glyphs that could represent clouds. In the middle of the headdress, glyph C and the glyph for corn field as pectoral.

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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 6-1518 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #90 Registration:  6-1518 Provenance:  Santa Catarina Minas, District of Ocotlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  27 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pe B.C. 400 - B.C. 100   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Drawing by Edward Seler circa 1888; Caso and Bernal 1952: 147, fig. 244. Comments:  According to a note in Edward Seler's drawing, this piece was found in a tomb, placed on a skeleton.

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Key:  UBM 6893 Actual Location:  Übersee Museum of Bremen, Germany. Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Transition period (Boos 1962: 130); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1962: 129-135, plates I & II. Comments:  Boos maintains that this piece probably represents a woman (1962: 130). Glyphs:  Glyph 1 L in the headdress (1 L).

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Key:  MFR 1848 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Ervin Frissell Registration:  1848 Provenance:  Unknown Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment and white stucco. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Figure of an old man holding a drum under his right arm. A maxilla hangs from his left ear and there was probably another one on the right side. The figure is carrying a vessel on his back with a leather harness known as "mecapal". The figure's base has an embossed engraving with the design of alligator's eyes. Drawing based on a photo from Philippa Shaplin. Glyphs:  In the frame of the pedestal there is a series of the gllyph V. Compare this piece with the base of MNA 6-486.

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Key:  MFR 5183 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Ervin Frissell Registration:  5183 Provenance:  Tlacolula, Oaxaca. Measurements:  14.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIA (Shaplin's opinion); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Effigy with Cocijo mask. Drawing based on a photo from Philippa Shaplin. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Glyph for corn field in pectoral. Two epsilon (or blood) glyphs hanging from the ear pieces.

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Key:  MFR s/n 6 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  18.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Drawing based on a photo from Philippa Shaplin. Compare with ROM 1936, KERR 6460, SMI 115002, UPM 29-41-707 and MCO 0679.

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Key:  SLAM 170:1979 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Morton D. May Registration:  1970:475 / former loan number 170:1979 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  22.5 cm. Color:  Traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Parsons 1980:136, fig. 209 Comments:  This piece has a Cocijo mask in the headdress, but what is interesting about this variation is the nose that curls up backwards.

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Key:  MCO 6-694 Actual Location:  Museum of the Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren Registration:  6-694 Provenance:  Zimatlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  49 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 91, fig. 151; Martínez et al. 2000: 127, fig. 48c. Comments:  This figure holds a demijohn and is wearing a mask. The piece belongs to a series of four. The other three pieces of the group are at the Smithsonian Institution, under catalog numbers SMI 215060 (complete piece), SMI 215061 and SMI 214994 (fragmented pieces). Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  SMI 215060 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Registration:  215060 Provenance:  Zimatlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  49 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This figure holds a demijohn and is wearing a mask. The piece belongs to a group of four. Two pieces from the series are at the Smithsonian Institution (catalog numbers SMI 215061 and SMI 214994 - fragmented pieces) and another piece is exhibited, in Oaxaca, see MCO 6-694. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  MWF 47341 Actual Location:  Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany Collection:  Hasso Von Winning 1968 Registration:  NS 47341 Provenance:  Patio of tomb 157, offering 1, Monte Alban, Oaxaca (14th season) Color:  Beige clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AC   Click to view Chronology Reference:  not published Comments:  This object has very specific provenance information, including a mention of a "14th season", suggesting that it came from one of Alfonso Caso's 18 seasons in the field beginning in 1930. If this is the case, we cannot explain how the object found its way into the hands of a private collector before being donated to a museum.

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Key:  MWF 33804 Actual Location:  Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany Collection:  Gustave Bellon; Galerie Carrefour, Paris, 1941 Registration:  NS 33804 Provenance:  n/p Color:  Beige clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  not published Comments:  Photograph in AMNH shows this object in the Bellon collection. This piece has a great deal of damage to the headdress. It is very similar to ROM 1948, and wears the same bucal mask corresponding to the glyph V (alligator). Glyphs:  The glyph for "corn field" in the pectoral.

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Key:  MNA 6-234 Actual Location:  Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Mexico Collection:  Francisco Belmar #31 Registration:  6-234 Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 228, fig. 369 Comments:  This piece represents an old man who is wearing a hat that appears to be made of cloth and held down by a bead headband.

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Key:  BELMAR 2 Actual Location:  Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Mexico Collection:  Francisco Belmar #38 Provenance:  Monte Albán, Oaxaca Color:  Grey Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 133, fig. 218. Comments:  According to Belmar he personally found this object at the site of Monte Albán.

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