Key: EMB 26836 |
Actual Location: Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. |
Collection: Edward Seler 1905. |
Registration: IV Ca 26836 |
Provenance: Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca. |
Measurements: 53.6 x 14 cm. |
Color: Grey clay |
Chronology: Pitao 350 - 500 AD |
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Reference: Schuler-Schömig 1970: 45, plate 35. Exhibited at the Mesoamerica Hall of the Ethnographic Museum of Berlin, Germany. |
Comments: Effigy of Cocijo. This piece probably has a counterpart at the Royal Museum of Ontario (see ROM 1953), and an almost identical head in the Frissell Museum in Mitla (see MFR 1224). |
Glyphs: Three dots can be seen in the headdress, but there are indications that there were originally five. The relevant glyph is missing. |
Dating: TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test No. 35: authentic (TL's date: A.C. 1273-1343). |
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