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Key:  AM 61-16 Actual Location:  Atkins Museum (Nelson Gallery ), Kansas City, United States. Collection:   Registration:  61-16 Provenance:  Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  63.5 cm. Color:  Light grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 61); Pitao 350 - 500 d.C.  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 61, plate 41; Stendahl 1968: 189, fig. 236. Comments:  Person holds a staff in the right hand and a bag of incense in the left hand. Glyphs:  The owl's mask in the headdress. Correspondence with glyph F. Dating:

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Key:  BMS 15997 Actual Location:  Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, United States. Collection:   Registration:  C 15997/Acc. 47151 Provenance:  Ejutla, Oaxaca Measurements:  47.5 x 52.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Dollero 1911: 813; Boos 1966b: 126, fig. 108; Winter 1994: 146. Comments:  According to a note published by Dollero (1911: 813), this piece comes from Ejutla and this author lets us guess that it was part of an exhibition in town. Part of the glyphic information got loose from the cartouche. The cartouche hangs from the owl's neck. This piece was bought in 1947 by Berkely Galleries (personal communication with Kevin Smith, Curator for Mesoamerica, Buffalo Science Museum, 1998). Glyphs:  The owl's mask in the headdress represents glyph F. Dating:

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Key:  KAISER 2 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Darío Quero; Manuel Cervantes (Mexico City); Dr. William F. Kaiser (California); Sotheby's. Registration:   Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  45.7 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with a light grey coating. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 57); Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 57, figs. 35-36; Sotheby's, 14 May 2004 (http://search.sothebys.com/jsps/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=47R7D). Comments:  According to Boos (1966b: 57), this piece originally belonged to Darío Quero and was later acquired by Manuel Cervantes. It ended up in William F. Kaiser's collection. It is possible that the urn represents the Ñuiñe style. Glyphs:  Glyph F in the headdress and numeral 4 on the chest (4 F?). It is not clear whether the pectoral's element, decorated with dots, is a bar numeral or a glyph (unknown). Dating:

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Key:  MES 29.4.1 Actual Location:  Swedish Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Collection:  August Edwin Paulson Registration:  29.4.1 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  29.5 cm. Color:  Traces of red paint on face and on front side of piece. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Linné 1938: 136, plate 19; Urcid 1993: 154, fig 15 (2). Comments:  Urcid (1993: 154) maintains that the figure in the headdress is the Zapotec Xicani. Glyphs:  Glyph F on the chest. The glyph in the base corresponds to glyph #22 "heart" (Urcid 1993: 150). Dating:

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Key:  MFR 13010 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Darío Quero Registration:  MFR 13010 / INAH 2893 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  18.7 x 12.2 x 11.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 58; Shaplin according to MFR card); Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966a: vol. II, 108, plate XC; Boos 1966b: 58, fig. 37; Paddock 1966: 136, fig. 120. Comments:   Glyphs:  Two bars and two dots in (12) under the hands. In the headdress, glyph F (owl) (12 F). Dating:

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Key:  MFVH B.349 Actual Location:  Museum für Volkerkunde und Vorgesshichte, Hamburg, Germany. Collection:  Dr. C.W. Lüdus (NAA photo archives: batch 92, box 6, binder 2). Registration:  B. 349 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  18 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with a light grey coating. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1968a: vol. III, 30, plate XIV a & b. Comments:   Glyphs:  Glyph F in the headdress. The bird's eyes are glyph E. Dating:

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Key:  MNA 6-78 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:   Registration:  6-78; INAH 10-3199 Provenance:  Cistern IV, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  14.4 x 12 cm. Color:  Orange and grey. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Caso and Bernal 1952: 297); Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 174, fig. 297; Paddock 1966: 132, fig. 106; Funerary furniture (Mobilier funéraire) fig. 5; The richness of Ancient Mexico (Les richesses de l'Ancien Mexique), 1994: 6, fig. 4. Comments:  Caso and Bernal (1952: 174) designate this piece as MA-IIIA because the rim of the vase is wide and turned outwards like in the "flower vases" that were characteristic of the time. Because the efigie is wearing a "huipil" it probably represents a female impersonator. Glyphs:  Human figure with an owl's head or glyph F and, in the chest, numeral 1 (1 F). Dating:

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Key:  ROM 1396 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 1396 / 917.4.41 Provenance:  Without provenance Measurements:  33.5 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay with vestiges of green. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1964: plate IV; Boos 1966: 83, fig. 63. Comments:  A very similar piece exists in the Museé du quay Branly in Paris, but the bird face in the headdress is replaced with glyph E (cf. MQB 87.101.47). Glyphs:  In the headdress the glyph F is placed over the glyph C. Dating:  UNAM test #100364: authentic

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Key:  ROM 168 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 168 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  13.5 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:   Comments:   Glyphs:  The owl's face in the vessel corresponds to glyph F. Dating:

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Key:  SLAM 68.451 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Malinoska / Morton D. May Registration:  68.451 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  43.2 cm. Color:   Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Drawing based on a photo from Shaplin. Comments:  Pectoral missing. Glyphs:  Glyph F in the center of the headdress (broken). This glyph is flanked by two glyphs U and, behind these, two glyphs X on both sides of the face. Dating:  Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, TL no. 25 (330 rads - authentic).

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