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Key:  MFR 7738 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh (date of purchase: 1960). Registration:  MFR 7738/ 3260? / INAH 3254 (National Anthropology and History Institute) Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  38.5 x 24 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with a lighter coating. The decoration in the headdress is covere Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966:150); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966: 150, fig. 136. Comments:  Human figure carrying a bag of incense in the hands and dressed with a cape decorated with shallow protrusions. Lines on face indicate an old man. Dating:  F10

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Key:  MFR 1451 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh Registration:  MFR 1451 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  39 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966: 465); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966: 465, fig. 434. Comments:  The upper part of the headdress is broken. Boos thinks that the stretched out hand could have held a vessel, but this type of gesture is common in effigy vessels. The photo presented by Boos shows the right hand intact, but, today, the piece is missing this hand.

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Key:  MFR 4279 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Ervin Frissell Registration:  MFR 4279 / INAH 2815 Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  10.8 x 9 cm. Color:  Reddish brown. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 15) MA IIIB-IV Paddock (MFR card); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 15, Boos 1968a: vol. III, plate XII; Eubanks 1999: 133, fig. 107. Comments:  Pot with two pouring handles. This piece is similar to other vessels with double pouring handles and Cocijo face, but, in this case, the handles have the shape of ears of corn. Compare with MNA 6-682 and MNA 6-6708. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress flanked by two ears of corn.

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Key:  KAISER 2 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Darío Quero; Manuel Cervantes (Mexico City); Dr. William F. Kaiser (California); Sotheby's. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  45.7 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with a light grey coating. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 57); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 57, figs. 35-36; Sotheby's, 14 May 2004 (http://search.sothebys.com/jsps/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=47R7D). Comments:  According to Boos (1966b: 57), this piece originally belonged to Darío Quero and was later acquired by Manuel Cervantes. It ended up in William F. Kaiser's collection. It is possible that the urn represents the Ñuiñe style. Glyphs:  Glyph F in the headdress and numeral 4 on the chest (4 F?). It is not clear whether the pectoral's element, decorated with dots, is a bar numeral or a glyph (unknown).

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Key:  MFR 4188 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh Registration:  4188 Provenance:  Santa Magdalena, Etla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  54 cm. Color:  Brown clay. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 143); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 143, fig. 129. Comments:  Identical piece to one in a private collection in the United States. See George C. Kennedy (GK 1). Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  GK 1 Actual Location:  Private collection, Los Angeles, United States. Collection:  George C. Kennedy (acquired circa 1959). Provenance:  Santa Magdalena, Etla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  65 cm. Color:  Brown clay Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 143); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Stendahl 1968: fig. 234; Easby et al. 1970: fig. 159. Comments:  Identical piece at the Frissell Museum (MFR 4188). Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  MFR 12619 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh Registration:  MFR 12619 Provenance:  San Felipe Tejalapa, Etla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  64 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 80); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol. II 26, plate XXV, 1966b: 80, fig. 59; Paddock 1966: 168, fig. 174; Urcid 1999: 254, fig. 20. Comments:  Drawing based on Urcid (1999: 254, fig. 20). The heavily attired figure holds a bag of incense in the left hand. On the right side of the figure's belt there is a circular element that may represent a mirror. In the center of the headdress, above a series of reptile (alligator) eyes, there is a figure wearing a Xicani mask. Compare the style of this urn with MDO 32 and MDO 33, that also come from the Etla valley.

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Key:  MFR 1241 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh Registration:  MFR 1241 (Boos gives registration number 1248); INAH 3315 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  79 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 84); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol. II, 26, plates XXVI and XXVII; Boos 1966b: 84, figs. 64-65. Comments:  Urn representing a woman. Glyphs:  Glyph 5 X in the headdress (see piece ROM 1879 for the same glyph). The human figure in the headdress is wearing glyph C. Glyphs E decorate the cape and two glyphs 109, the headdress. Dating:  F7

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Key:  MFR 1773 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Leonicio Sanchez; Ervin Frissell Registration:  MFR 1773 / INAH 2864 Provenance:  Ejutla, Oaxaca. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Paddock's judgement, MFR card); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol II, plate XXXVII. Glyphs:  Glyph J inverted in pectoral.

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Key:  MFR 13010 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Darío Quero Registration:  MFR 13010 / INAH 2893 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  18.7 x 12.2 x 11.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 58; Shaplin according to MFR card); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol. II, 108, plate XC; Boos 1966b: 58, fig. 37; Paddock 1966: 136, fig. 120. Glyphs:  Two bars and two dots in (12) under the hands. In the headdress, glyph F (owl) (12 F).

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Key:  MFR 1347 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh Registration:  MFR 1347 Provenance:  District of Ocotlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  24 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol. II, 70, plate LVIII. Comments:  Masked person wearing a decorated cape and clasping an incense bag in both hands. What appear to be leaves cover the hands. In the headdress there are three jaguar heads, one in the middle and one on each side. The side heads are turned 15 degrees. The same combination of decorated cape, incense bag and jaguar heads can also be seen in MNA 6-221, MFR 12641, MAMP s/n, MFR 7741 and CB1. Glyphs:  Glyph E in the headdress.

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Key:  MFR 1816 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Ervin Frissell Registration:  MFR 1816 / INAH 2605 Provenance:  Miahuatlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  29 x 23.5 cm. Color:  Polychromed: red, white and yellow. Chronology:  MA IV (Paddock, MFR card); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1964a: 87, plate VI. Comments:  Butterfly headdress. A late version of a common theme, especially during the Pitao period.

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Key:  MFR 7741 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR 7741 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  56 x 36 cm. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966a: vol. II, 62); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol. II, 62, plate LII. Comments:  Figure holding a bag of incense. One of the jaguar heads in the headdress has probably broken. For similar pieces, see SOTH 1976.147, MSMA 1993.23.3 and SMI 115003. Glyphs:  The headdress and mask correspond to glyph Ñ. Dating:  F37

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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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