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Key:  PEÑAFIEL 1 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Antonio Peñafiel Provenance:  Atzompa, Oaxaca. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Peñafiel 1890: vol. I, plate 77. Glyphs:  Six numerals in the headdress. The glyph for corn in the central part (6 J).

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Key:  UD 2 Actual Location:  Unknown Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  http://www.rose-hulman.edu/-delacova/zapotecs/zapotec.gif Glyphs:  Cocijo face with glyph C in the headdress. In the upper part, there is a numeral, but the glyph it refers to is unknown. The glyph for corn field in the pectoral. In the central part of this glyph, a human face.

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Key:  Nelson 1 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Nelson Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Drawing based on a photograph provided by Javier Urcid (2003). Comments:  Effigy of a bat carrying a staff. There is some kind of knot in the genitals. Glyphs:  Two glyphs for blood in the corners of the mouth.

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Key:  MBA 1972.32 Actual Location:  Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canadá. Registration:  1972.Ac.32 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  20.5 x 26.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Part of the headdress is missing on this piece. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Two glyphs for corn on both sides of the headdress. The glyph for corn field hanging as pectoral.

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Key:  EMB 29014 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Edward Seler 1897 Registration:  IV Ca. 29014 Provenance:  Talea, Oaxaca. Measurements:  22 x 6.7 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 114, plate 169. Comments:  See Caso and Bernal 1952: 158. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. The glyph in the pectoral, which was probably the glyph for corn field, is missing. Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test no. 169: authentic (TL's date: A.C. 603-873).

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Key:  EMB 38804 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Th. Stöpel 1914 Registration:  IV Ca. 38804 Provenance:  Ejutla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  18.3 cm. Color:  Brown Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 72, plate 90. Comments:  Effigies of this type usually have coefficient 2 accompanying the glyph for corn. However, this piece is an exception. Glyphs:  Glyph J in the headdress and below, numeral 1 (1J). Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test no. 90, authentic (TL's date: 259-463 AD).

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Key:  EMB 24094 Actual Location:  Ethnographic Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany. Collection:  Heinrich Hinrichs 1902 Registration:  IV Ca. 24094 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  34.5 x 11.6 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 35, plate 13. Comments:  Human figure with Cocijo mask and attire. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress; the glyph for corn field in the pectoral; and the glyph for cloud decorating the loincloth. Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test No. 13, authentic (TL's date: A.C. 133-523).

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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   Click to view Chronology 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   Click to view Chronology 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:  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   Click to view Chronology 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:  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:  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:  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:  CBE 145 Actual Location:  Present location unknown Collection:  Louis Gustave Bellon Registration:  no. 145 Provenance:  San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photograph in the archive of Marshall H. Saville, American Museum of Natural History, box 27. Comments:  Drawing based on a black and white photograph. Effigy of a woman with a large glyph J in her headdress. The figure is missing the right hand and large part of its base. Glyphs:  The glyph for corn (J) in the headdress and inserted into the collar the number three (3J). However, under the the glyph J there is number bar for 5, so the coefficient may sum 8.

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