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Key:  AMNH 30.0/1 Actual Location:  American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States Collection:  Mrs. Robert W. De Forest. Donated 8 April 1904. Registration:  30.0/1; Acc. 1904-25. Provenance:  Found in a mound, near a tomb, in the valley of Oaxaca, Winter 1903-1904. Measurements:   Color:  Beige clay with traces of red pigment in the mask in the headress (teeth) Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Saville 1904: 51, photo p. 50. Comments:  This figure represents a woman holding a shield and a club. The mask in the headddress represents Cocijo. The piece was probably found with AMNH 30.0/4, a bat figure with the same headdress. Glyphs:   Dating:

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Key:  AMNH 30.0/4 Actual Location:  American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States Collection:  Mrs. Robert W. De Forest. Donated 8 April 1904. Registration:  30.0/4; Acc. 1904-25. Provenance:  Found in a mound near a tomb, in the vally of Oaxaca, Winter 1903-1904. Measurements:   Color:  Beige clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Saville 1904: 51, photo on p. 50. Comments:  This object probably accompanied AMNH 30.0/1 and represents a man personifying a bat. In his hands he hold a shield and a club. Part of the club has broken off. Glyphs:   Dating:

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Key:  MACP 6-868 Actual Location:  Carlos Pellicer Archaeology Museum, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Collection:   Registration:  Before MNA-6-868 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17 cm. Color:   Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 70, fig. e. Comments:  Based on a drawing by Mendoza. Bat head. In this case, the eyebrows look like number bars. Glyphs:  The epsilon or "blood" glyph as necklace. Dating:

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Key:  MCO s/n 4 Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:   Registration:   Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:   Color:   Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Treasures of the Regional Museum of Oaxaca, 1994: 80; plate 26. Comments:  Effigy of a bat. Glyphs:  Glyph for blood on both sides of the mouth. Dating:

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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 Reference:   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 12513 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:   Registration:  12513 / INAH 31 64 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  26 x 23 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:   Comments:  Effigy of a bat, the nasal appendage of which is missing. Glyphs:  The glyphs for blood worn as a collar. Dating:  F75

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Key:  MFVV 55163 Actual Location:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, Austria. Collection:  Manuel Ortega Reyes (von Müller 1998 [1864]: 80); Edward Seler. Registration:  55163 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  55 x 24 x 26 cm. Color:  Grey clay with a coating of beige stucco. Chronology:  MA IIIB-IV (Winter, 1994:157); Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Von Müller 1998 [1864]: 62; Die Mexikanishen Sammlungen,1965, plate 20; Winter 1994a: 157. Comments:  This standing human figure is holding a bat-shaped glass in his hands. The piece was probably made in two sections. A necklace of maxillae hangs from the neck. He wears a belt of bells around his waist. See also SMI195806. Glyphs:   Dating:

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Key:  MNA 6-21 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #410 Registration:  6-21 / 10-61339 INAH Provenance:  Jalieza, Ocotlán Measurements:  40 cm. Color:  Covered with white pigment. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Gendrop 1970: 136, fig. 157a. Comments:  Bat effigy head. According to Sologuren this piece was found inside a tomb encrusted in a niche. Glyphs:   Dating:

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Key:  MNA 6-259 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:   Registration:  6-259 / 1017836 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:   Color:   Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:   Comments:  Effigy of a bat. Glyphs:   Dating:

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Key:  MRT 1 Actual Location:  Mexican Museum of Prehispanic Art, Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Rufino Tamayo Registration:   Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  Aprox. 30 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:   Comments:  Representation of a bat. Glyphs:  Two epsilon glyphs in the corners of the mouth. The eyebrows are shaped like bar numerals. Dating:

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