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Key:  MNA Carretera Grande Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Provenance:  Carretera Grande (Large Highway), Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  18 cm. Color:  Reddish brown clay. Chronology:  Late Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 48-49, fig. 68; Paddock 1966: 135, fig. 117. Comments:  This piece is one of a series of four. It features many of the traits Caso called the "L God". It carries an ear of corn in the left hand and a plant (?) in the other hand. The figure is framed by alligator's eyes. Paddock uses this piece to designate the period MA IV (Xoo phase). Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  MAEF 1 Actual Location:  Anthropology and Ethnography Museum of Florence, Italy. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  aprox. 36 cm. Color:  Beige clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  A large portion of its headdress is missing. Glyphs:  Epsilon glyph hanging from an ear with a bar numeral in the middle. A glyph C in the headdress and the glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  MNA 6-6443 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Registration:  6-6443 Provenance:  Tomb 103, no. 33, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  35 x 24 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay totally painted with red pigment, except for the conical hat whic Chronology:  MA IIIB (Caso and Bernal 1952: 252); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso 1938: 72 & 74, fig. 91; Caso & Bernal 1952: 119-120, figs. 185-186; Romero 1958: 220, plate XLVI; Gendrop 1970: 139, fig. 160; Carmona 1995: 165, fig. 4. Comments:  This piece was excavated by Caso in their sixth field season (1937) and was found at a few centimeters from the South wall of the tomb. There were three other effigy vessels in the chamber and two burials (see pieces MNA t/103 1 and 3). Caso and Bernal (1952: 119) use this piece as an archetype of the effigy vessels known as "companions" (accompanying pieces). Glyphs:  Pectoral (glyph for corn field) decorated with glyphs for corn grain.

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Key:  UPM 29.41.707 Actual Location:  University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, United States. Registration:  29.41.707 Provenance:  District of Etla, Oaxaca. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Compare with ROM 1936, MFR s/n 6, SMI 115002, MCO 0679 and KERR 6460. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress. The throne is decorated with the glyph for corn grain.

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Key:  MCSJM 2 Actual Location:  Community Museum, San José Mogote, Oaxaca, Mexico. Provenance:  San José Mogote, Oaxaca. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Effigy of a woman sitting on her haunches. Glyphs:  Two numerals and glyph J (corn) in the headdress (2 J).

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Key:  AMNH 30.2/6099 Actual Location:  American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States Collection:  Heinrich Hinrichs Registration:  30.2/6099 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  29.4 x 20 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of blue (feathers in headdress) & red (nose, corn ears, maxtlatl) yellow (pectoral). Chronology:  Late Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Color drawing by Seler (1888) with the indication that it comes from the Heinrich Hinrichs Collection; Eubanks 1999: 125-126, fig. 99. Comments:  The right hand has been restored. Seler's drawing shows that the left hand is missing and the headdress does not have any broken parts, so it is possible that there may be two pieces. The color drawing presented here is based on Seler's watercolor.

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Key:  MNA 6-6063 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  6-6063 / 10-387812 Provenance:  Antechamber of tomb 124, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  67 cm. Color:  Pectoral, eyes and round marks of side phalanges with the same green? color. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 270, fig. 420 Comments:  Caso and Bernal say about this piece: "We have some urns of this type from period IIIB. Probably the already said piece from the offering at the entrance of tomb 124...as, unfortunately, tomb 124 was plundered and the figure appeared on its own, in spite of the fact that it was found in an exploration, we are not sure that it was made during the period IIIB" (1952: 271). The helmet worn by this human figure seems to have the shape of an opossum, inside of which there is a well-shaped face. Glyphs:  The glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  MCO 10-361255 Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Registration:  INAH 10-361255 Provenance:  Tomb 14, Monte Albán (Winter et al. 1991). Measurements:  15 x 13 cm. Color:  Light grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Transition (Winter, 1994: 62); Tani 200 - 350 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Treasures of the Regional Museum of Oaxaca, 1994: 62, plate 17. Glyphs:  Glyph for corn field in the headdress.

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Key:  MCO 10-140700 Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Registration:  INAH 10-140700 Provenance:  Courtyard of tomb 103, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  27 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 22, fig. 13. Comments:  Caso and Bernal excavated five of these boxes during the Sixth period (1937). The boxes were found in a row, in the courtyard of tomb 103. Caso and Bernal thought that there were lids for these boxes, but there is no evidence. One is exhibited at the Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca and the other seems to be part of the Rufino Tamayo Collection, although there is no explanation of why a piece from an excavation ended up in private hands. The boxes were broken, although the piece at the Rufino Tamayo Museum has been restored. Glyphs:  The glyph for corn field decorates the four sides of the box.

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Key:  CB 8 Actual Location:  Bustamante Vasconcelos Foundation, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Mr. Manuel J. Bustamante Vasconcelos Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  26 x 27 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Compare with MNA 6-636 and MFR 3745. The missing part could have been either a Cocijo face or the glyph for corn.

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Key:  MFR 12641 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR 12641 / INAH 3317 Provenance:  Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca. Measurements:  74 x 42 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This figure's right hand is stretched out, palm up, which most probably means that it was holding a bag of incense in the left hand, as this is typical in this type of posture. In the center of the headdress, a large jaguar head. Glyphs:  In the piece's pedestal, the glyph for corn field, framed by the glyph for hill. Dating:  F6

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Key:  MNA 6-630 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren Registration:  6-630 Provenance:  Zimatlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  38 cm. Color:  Dark grey. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Phto by Schlattman, circa 1901; Caso & Bernal 1952: 18, fig. 3; Marcus 1983: 147, fig. 5.12. Comments:  A Cocijo sitting on a throne decorated with the glyph for corn. The pedestal's design of this piece seems to represent a jet of water. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress flanked by two glyphs for corn. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral.

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Key:  MARI 35.6067 Actual Location:  Mesoamerican Research Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans (warehouse). Collection:  Major H.S. Bryan. Acquired on 12/06/37. Registration:  35.6067/ M.26.7 Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  15.7 x 8.8 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This fragment is the corner of a box. The human figure on the corner is holding a rope and underneath, we can see the glyph that normally decorates the four corners of the box. Glyphs:  The lines crossing over the figure's face represent glyph P.

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Key:  MFR 1984 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Registration:  MFR1984 / INAH 2498 Provenance:  Ixtepec, Oaxaca. Measurements:  11.5 x 13.3 x 4.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Fragment showing Tlaloc's face superimposed on the glyph for corn field.

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Key:  CPA 7 Actual Location:  Private collection in California. Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Drawing based on a photo from Javier Urcid. Comments:  The human figure is holding an ear of corn in the right hand and a rope in the left hand. It is possible that this cord was used for the rite of bleeding. The figure is wearing a mask with attributes to Tlaloc and feathers hang from the ear pieces. The figure carries a big turtle shell on its back.

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