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Key:  MNA Mont. YW ofrenda 1-2 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Provenance:  Mound YW, West of "Y" site, offering I, number 2, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  15 x 7.5 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 289, fig. 439; Caso et al. 1967: 122, fig. 78, no. 2 (drawing) Comments:  Drawing based on Mendoza. This piece was found under stelae no. 16. There was a small pot under the urn, made of grey, polished and thin clay (cf. Caso et al. 1967: 122, Fig. 78, no. 3). Glyphs:  Glyph E "Xoo" in the pectoral. Underneath, there is another shape that is not well understood yet, but it could be an alligator's eye.

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Key:  MCO 0012 Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  José Juan Canseco 1850 Registration:  Cat. 0012/INAH 10-104350 Provenance:  Zaachila (Peñafiel 1893: 24) ; Mitla (F. León 1903?: 115); Cuilapan (N. León 1905: 403). Measurements:  33.5 x 17.5 cm. Color:  Polished brown clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Niza 100 BC - 200 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Peñafiel 1893: 24-25; Calderón León 1903?: 115 [description]; Nicolás León, Mayan Hieroglyphs, 1896 & 1905: 403, plate 1, fig. 1; Caso 1928 (reproduction of the glyphs); Keleman 1943: vol. II, plate 123 d; Toscano 1944: 432; Covarrubias 1946: fig. 18; C Comments:  There is a head with the same properties as this piece (cf. Caso and Bernal, 1952: 337, fig. 500bis). There is also a complete piece at the Cleveland Museum (CMA 54.857). About the pieces, Caso and Bernal comment: "We do not know if we should include it with the figures of period II, because we have not found in Monte Albán, during our stratigraphic explorations, any objects of this style and the two that exist come from the old collections of the National Museum and the Museum of Oaxaca" (1952: 337). It was always said that this piece came from Cuilapan, but it seems to have been a mistake from León, as from the very beginning, it was established that its provenance was Zaachila. Glyphs:  Glyph 13 for water in the headdress and 13 Q on the chest. Bernal (1979: 103) interprets the glyphs as 13 water and 13 alligator's eye.

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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:  MES 23.8.307 Actual Location:  Swedish Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Collection:  August Edwin Paulson Registration:  23.8.307 Provenance:  Tuxtepec, Oaxaca. Measurements:  37.9 x 31.9 cm. Color:  Front part in red. Traces of green paint. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Linné 1938: 160, plate 31. Comments:  The piece has been partially restored. According to Linné, it was wearing a Cocijo mask. Glyphs:  Glyph J in the headdress. Two alligator eyes in the throne's back and above these, two glyphs for sprouted corn.

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Key:  MNA 6-322 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #400 Registration:  6-322 /6-3267 Provenance:  Las Monjas, Oaxaca. Measurements:  38 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 138, 140, 142, fig. 239. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress, flanked by a glyph for corn. The glyph for alligator's eye decorating the pectoral. Two hairpin glyphs are on the cape.

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Key:  MNA 6-4851 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-4851 (INAH 10-61336) Provenance:  Offering in courtyard VII of tomb 103, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  aprox. 20 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Caso and Bernal 1952: 185); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso 1939: 181 -183, figs. 18 & 19; Caso and Bernal 1952: 185-186, fig. 315. Comments:  Caso and Bernal say: "In [the offering] there are five human figures with masks of bird peaks. Two of them also have quetzal headdresses, while the other three are wearing serpent headdresses. Perhaps, together, they represent the Quetzalcoatl" (Caso and Bernal 1952: 185-186). This figure wears a serpent headress and holds a what could be a mirror at his midrift. All the figures' headdresses are removable. See MNA 6-4850. Glyphs:  The mask of glyph V "alligator" in the headdress.

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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:  MRB A.AM 69-2 Actual Location:  Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels, Belgium. Registration:  A.AM 69-2 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  20.8 x 37.2 cm. Color:  Grey and brown clay. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Graulich 1987: 135); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Graulich 1987: 135 and plate 106. Comments:  It is not exactly a vessel, but rather a plaque. However, its iconography is similar to that of vessels. Glyphs:  Three visible numerals. Probably one fell off. The head piece worn by the human figure corresponds to glyph V "alligator" (4V).

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Key:  RHFM 1 Actual Location:  Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, United States. Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966: 93, fig. 75. Comments:  The human figure is wearing an alligator's headdress.

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Key:  CPA 5 Actual Location:  Anonymous private collection in Mexico Provenance:  Unknown Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966: 78, fig. 576. Comments:  This human figure wears a headdress with a Cocijo mask. On both sides of the headdress, strips with alligator eyes can be seen.

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Key:  SMI 115151 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  Louis H. Ayme. Acquired by the Museum on 29 July 1885. Registration:  Cat. 115151, Acc. No. 16290 Provenance:  Zaachila, Oaxaca. Measurements:  40 x 34.5 cm. Color:  Light grey clay with a bright red coating. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966: 130, fig. 115 and p. 64, color plate; Whitecotton 1985: 87. Comments:  This piece is used as the lid of another container, maybe a brazier. There is an alligator's mask in the headdress, and above it, another mask, of a butterfly. The human figure is holding a bird in each hand, probably quetzal birds.

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Key:  SOTH 1994.133 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 15 November 1994. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  55.2 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction's catalog, Sotheby's 1994: fig. 133. Glyphs:  The headdress represents glyph V (alligator). There are three numerals 2 in the headdress and one under the face (3V).

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Key:  CB 5 Actual Location:  Bustamante Vasconcelos Foundation, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Mr. Manuel J. Bustamante Vasconcelos Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  22 x 16.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  On the back of the broken headdress, which is the hair falling on the figure's shoulders, a design of alligator's eyes is engraved. The front part of the headdress probably had a glyph C.

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Key:  MFR 1225 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh (date of purchase: 1954) Registration:  MFR 1225 / INAH 3313 Provenance:  Suchilquitongo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  78 x 52 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Howard Leigh, MFR card 1225); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966:99; Boos 1966: plate LXXXIX. Comments:  This monumental vessel is part of a series of four. Three are at the Frissell Museum (catalog numbers: 1225, 927 and 1240). This last piece is not complete, and only the head remains. The fourth piece is located in the Gardiner Museum in Canada (GM 83.1.179). The human figure represented is wearing an alligator's mask. While he was acting curator of the Frissell Musem, Howard Leigh ilegally sold one of the objects and had it removed from Mexico. Possibly he sold it to a man named "Davis" in New Orleans, United States. The piece was later sold to the Canadian George C. Gardiner through Sotheby Parke Bennet in 1975. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress. The alligator's mask corresponds to glyph V.

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Key:  MCO Of. In. del Templo X Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Provenance:  Offering inside Temple X, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  50 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Transition (Caso and Bernal, 1952: 34); Tani 200 - 350 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 33-34, fig. 33. Comments:  Human figure with Cocijo mask. Alligator eyes decorate the loincloth.

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