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Results 1 - 15 of 22 for "glyph X"
Key:  CPA 3
Actual Location:  Unknown
Collection:  Anonymous private collection
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  20 cm.
Color:  Beige clay. Face and numeral bar painted in red.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica: Mexico-Guatemala-Honduras, 1985: fig. 140.
Glyphs:  The beak-shaped head piece from which the face is sticking out could correspond to glyph X. The piece's head seems to rest on a numeral bar (5 X?).

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Key:  FASF 128608
Actual Location:  Museo de Artes Plásticas de San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Collection:  Doctor Ernest Forbes
Registration:  128608 / Acc. no. DY54376
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  20 x 19 cm.
Color:  Reddish ceramic paste with beige coating.
Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 235); Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 235, fig. 214.
Glyphs:  It wears the mask of glyph M, Cocijo, in the headdress. This piece corresponds to glyph X.

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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
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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:  SMI 20/3454
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Estados Unidos.
Collection:  Bernard Bevan
Registration:  20/3454
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  18 cm.
Color:  Light grey clay with traces of white pigment.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 231); Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 231, fig. 209
Glyphs:  This piece corresponds to glyph X.

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Key:  MFR 1230
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Registration:  1230
Provenance:  Tlacolula, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  22 cm.
Color:  Light grey clay
Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 230); Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966b: 230, figs. 207, 208
Glyphs:  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
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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 6-4854
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Registration:  6-54
Provenance:  Courtyard of tomb 137a, no. 1, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  57.6 x 62 cm.
Color:  Brown clay with black, red and yellow paint.
Chronology:  Transition period (Caso and Bernal 1952: 196); Tani 200 - 350 AD
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Reference:  Caso & Bernal 1952: 192, fig. 324; Covarrubias 1957: plate XXXIV; Paddock 1966: 124, fig. 81; Gendrop 1970: plate XVIa.
Comments:  A piece is missing on the figure's forehead, which was probably the handle of the knot used to tie up the turban. This artefact was found next to a fragment of a small jar, Tlaloc style, from the "Altiplano" or High Plateau, illustrated in Caso and Bernal 1952: 37, fig. 40.
Glyphs:  This piece corresponds to glyph X.

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Key:  MNA 6-248
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Registration:  6-248
Provenance:  Coyotepec, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  29 cm.
Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment in the headdress.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 246, fig. 393.
Comments:  Caso and Bernal classify this vessel under category "God 5 Turquoise". It features a bird's mask, corresponding to glyph X.
Glyphs:  The pectoral is the glyph for corn and is hanging upside down. Compare with MFR 1773.

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Key:  MFR 12593
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
Registration:  MFR12593 / INAH 3231
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  23 x 15 cm.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Comments:  The face of Cocijo in the headdress.
Glyphs:  The attire and mask correspond to glyph X.
Dating:  F 43

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Key:  MNA 6-240
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #506 or 507.
Registration:  6-240
Provenance:  Marquesado, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  19 cm.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 193, fig. 325.
Comments:  This piece appears in a photo of the Sologuren Collection, which is in Seler's file at the Ibero-American Institute of Berlin.
Glyphs:  The attire and mask correspond to glyph X.

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Key:  MARI 35.6058
Actual Location:  Mesoamerican Research Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans (exhibition).
Collection:  Major H.S. Bryan. Acquired on 12/07/37.
Registration:  35.6058 / M.26.7
Provenance:  Ocotlán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  12.3 x 14.1 cm.
Color:  Grey clay stained with a brown-colored oxidation.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Glyphs:  The mask and attire correspond to glyph X.

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Key:  EMB 37949
Actual Location:  Ethonological Museum (Ethnologisches Museum), Berlin, Germany.
Collection:  Edward Seler 1911
Registration:  IV Ca. 37949
Provenance:  Oaxaca
Measurements:  13.8 x 7.5 dia. cm.
Color:  Grey clay.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Schuler-Schömig 1970: 120); Xoo 600 - 800 AD?
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Reference:  Schuler-Schömig 1970: 120, plate 181; Deimel & Ruhnau 2000: 17.
Comments:  The side elements are bird wings.
Glyphs:  This human figure's face corresponds to glyph X.
Dating:  TL by Goedicke et al. 1992, test no.181: authentic (TL's date: 726-971 AD).

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Key:  MPM 55064
Actual Location:  Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, United States.
Registration:  55064
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  15 cm.
Color:  Traces of red pigment.
Chronology:  MA II (Parsons 1974: 136); Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Parsons 1974: 136, fig. 137c.
Glyphs:  This human figure's face corresponds to glyph X.

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Key:  BM 1908/7-8/18
Actual Location:  British Museum, London, England.
Collection:  Alfred Maudslay
Registration:  1908/7-8/18
Provenance:  Santa Inés de Acechi, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  5.7 cm.
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Comments:  Boos 1966a: 234, fig. 213.
Glyphs:  The mask and attire correspond to glyph X.

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Key:  CPA 12
Actual Location:  Private collection in Mexico.
Provenance:  Unknown
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD
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Reference:  Boos 1966: 232, fig. 210.
Glyphs:  The mask and attire correspond to glyph X.

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