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Key:  MCO 0116 Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Registration:  Cat. 0116 Provenance:  Tomaltepec, Oaxaca. Measurements:  aprox. 20 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  Pe 300 - 100 BC   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Whalen 1981; Urcid 1992: vol. II, 404 (glyph); Marcus & Flannery 1996: 169. Comments:  This piece's face seems to represent glyph U. There might be a glyph C in the headdress or an early variation of the glyph for "cane" with two numerals. Object was excavated by Michael E. Whalen. Glyphs:  Glyph 2 C in the headdress. Early variation.

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Key:  MCO Dainzú Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Provenance:  Dainzú, Oaxaca. Measurements:  21 x 14 cm. Color:  Grey clay covered with red pigment. Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  The figure's headdress represents a year bearer, similar to the piece in the mound "7 deer" in Monte Albán. The artefact was restored in 1984. Glyphs:  The piece has a bar with two numerals on the chest and a correspondence with glyph U because of the face's mask (7 U).

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Key:  MDO 33 Actual Location:  Dolores Olmedo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren; Armilia Van Rijn (195?-1964); Dolores Olmedo Patiño (presently). Registration:  Record from the National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH), P.F. 100, LO 33 Provenance:  Etla, Oaxaca, according to an undated foto by Rickards. Measurements:  63 x 48.5 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 390); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Photo from Rickards, circa 1911 (document by Jorge Rickards); Caso and Bernal 1952: 209, fig. 346; Boos 1966b: 390, fig. 360a and b; Anton and Dockstader 1969: 45. Comments:  This piece was probably found by Fernando Sologuren at the beginning of the last century. In 1928, Caso and Bernal (1952: 97) took pictures of the piece when it was at Mercedes Sologuren's house. At the beginning of the 1950s, the piece went to Machilda Armilia Van Rijn and then, in 1964, it was acquired by Dolores Olmedo Patiño (personal communication with Patricia Van Rijn, 1999). For a similar Etla style of this period compare it with MDO 32 and MFR 12619. Glyphs:  Glyph E "Xoo" reproduced several times in the headdress. The headdress mask corresponds to glyph U. Above the mask's nose, a jaguar's head can be seen and, above it, the glyph for corn.

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Key:  MAM s/n 2 Actual Location:  Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico. Collection:  Josué Sáenz Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  65 cm. Color:  Grey clay with blank residues and traces of roots. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Easby et al. 1970: fig. 160. Comments:  A jaguar coming out of headdress. The figure carries a bag of incense in the hands. Glyphs:  The headdress mask corresponds to glyph U, the deity "Cosaana".

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Key:  MRT 2 Actual Location:  Mexican Museum of Prehispanic Art, Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Rufino Tamayo Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  aprox. 20 cm. Color:  Grey clay with red pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  The nose of glyph U in the headdress is broken. Glyphs:  The figure has three numerals on the chest and glyph U (3U) in the headdress.

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Key:  ROM 495 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 495 / 917.4.38 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  26 cm. Color:  Grey clay with a rusty color. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1964b: plate XVI. Glyphs:  In this piece's headdress, there is a mask representing glyph U, the nose of which is broken. Above this mask, there is a glyph representing corn.

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Key:  SMI166071 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  George Gustave Heye Registration:  Old number from MAI 16/6071; New number from SMI 166071.000 Provenance:  San Felipe Tejalapan, Oaxaca. Measurements:  47 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 379); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Arts of Pre-Columbian Mexico, 1929; Boos 1966b: 379, fig. 348. Before, this piece was at the Museum of the American Indian in New York (MAI). Glyphs:  The head piece worn by the human figure corresponds to glyph U.

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Key:  MFR 2884 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Oaxaca. Collection:  Darío Quero Registration:  INAH 2884; Frissell card 13008. Provenance:  San Felipe Tejalapan, Oaxaca. Measurements:  15 x 16 x 9.8 cm. Color:  Grey clay with brown coating. Chronology:  MA IIIA Paddock 1968 (card); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 378, fig. 347; Paddock 1966: 136, fig. 119. Comments:  The person represented in this effigy wears a helmet-like headress that corresponds to the glyph U, the deity Cosanna. Above the eyes of this being are two glyphs for maize. The central element of the headress could represent the tail of this creature. Glyphs:  The mask in the headdress corresponds to glyph U. Glyph J above both eyes of the mask.

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Key:  SMI 273401 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  Theodore J. Pickett (deposited at the Museum, 1884; acquired from Pickett, 1912). Registration:  Cat. 273401; Acc. 15149 & 54670. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  52 x 38 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with a lighter grey coating. Traces of red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 408); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 408, fig. 377; Whitecotton 1977: 66. Comments:  This piece has a copy in plaster and that is why there are two acquisition numbers. The plaster copy is at the Field Museum in Chicago (no. 2569) (cf. letter from Clifford Evans to Frank Boos, 4 April 1962). In 1903, the Smithsonian Institution made three copies in plaster to distribute them to three museums. The figure is wearing a cape with small dots. The element in the central part of the headdress is missing. Due to the type of piece, it could have been the mask corresponding to glyph U, as it is surrounded by leaves corresponding to glyph 109. The elements hanging from the ear pieces are engraved.

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Key:  MNA 6-825 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  6-825 Provenance:  Ocotlán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  30 cm. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Caso and Bernal 1952:199); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 199, figs. 333-334. Comments:  Caso and Bernal use this piece to define category "God with Head Piece of Wide-Peaked Bird". According to them, the wide-peaked bird could be a tlauhquechol. Glyphs:  The mask of glyph U in the headdress.

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Key:  MFR 1244 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh Registration:  1244 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  39 cm. Color:  Beige Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 289, fig. 267; Urcid 1993: 159, fig. 12. Comments:  Great effigy of a jaguar. Glyphs:  Glyph U in the headdress, surrounded by leaves (glyph 109).

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Key:  MFR 1322 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh (date of purchase: 1950) Registration:  1322 / INAH 3068 (National Anthropology and History Institute) Provenance:  Sola de la Vega, Oaxaca. Measurements:  19.7 x 34.6 x 25.5 dia. cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 399); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 399, fig. 366 Comments:  Upper part of a brazier. Some restoration work with wax can be observed. Glyphs:  Glyph U above jaguar's head. 6 numerals, but one could be missing (7? U).

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Key:  SOTH 1991.159 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Private collection in Europe; Sotheby Parke Bennet Auction, 18 November 1991. Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  24.7 cm. Color:  Traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Auction catalog, Sotheby's 1991: fig. 159. Glyphs:  The mask of glyph U in the headdress. This piece corresponds to glyph X.

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Key:  MNA 6-33 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  Cat. 6-33 / 10-61321 INAH Provenance:  Tomb 1, No. 5, Loma Larga, Oaxaca. Measurements:  aprox. 21 cm. Color:  Coated in red pigment. Chronology:  Transition period (Caso and Bernal 1952:187); Tani 200 - 350 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso 1936: 18-19, photo without number; Caso & Bernal 1952: 188-195, fig. 317; Paddock 1966: 130, fig. 94. Comments:  Caso and Bernal designate this piece as an example of the category "Old God Called 5 F". Glyphs:  The mask of glyph U in the headdress. This piece corresponds to glyph X.

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Key:  MNA 6-6052 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Registration:  6-52 Provenance:  Offering of Temple 7 "deer", Monte Albán. Measurements:  74 x 74 cm. Chronology:  MA II (Caso and Bernal, 1952: 202); Tani 200 - 350 AD (Urcid 2001: 133)   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 204, figs. 340, a & b; Urcid 2001: 133-147, figs. 4.34, 4.36, 4.37. Comments:  According to Javier Urcid (2001: 137), this brazier with a U-glyph face is the tri-dimensional representation of a yearly date (13U) but it is also used as the calendar name of a governing human figure. The headdress worn by the human figure represents a sash that was tied to governors. This same sash, seen sideways, is used in Zapotec writing to designate the bearer of the year. This brazier was found with a smaller effigy that clearly belongs to the transition period; that is why we were able to suggest an alternative date to the one given by Caso and Bernal. See MNA 7 deer. Glyphs:  Two bars and three numerals in the headdress. Glyph U mask (13U).

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