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Results 1 - 10 of 11 for "glyph M"
Key:  BELMAR 1
Actual Location:  Unknown, probably National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico.
Collection:  Francisco Belmar (#37?)
Registration:  
Provenance:  Unknown
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Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 79); Xoo 600 - 800 AD.  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Boos 1966: 79, fig. 58.
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Glyphs:  The glyph M (Cocijo) in the headdress is displayed on both sides of the same mask with a front view. Possibly two bars of five attached to the Cocijo's nose: 10?M. A glyph C in the headdress.
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Key:  CMA 44.78
Actual Location:  Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, United States.
Collection:  Donation from the Eastman Family.
Registration:  44.78
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  37 x 26.5 cm.
Color:  Light brown clay.
Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 74); Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Boos 1966b: 74, fig. 53.
Comments:  The pectoral and part of the headdress are missing from this piece. For other examples, see MNA 6-635, EMB 24882, MFVV 55.158, MDO 32 and MFR s/n 1. For an analysis of this type, see Sellen 2002: 9.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in headdress flanked by two ears of corn. Cocijo mask in the headdress (glyph M).
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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  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Boos 1966b: 235, fig. 214.
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Glyphs:  It wears the mask of glyph M, Cocijo, in the headdress. This piece corresponds to glyph X.
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Key:  MCT 2
Actual Location:  Civic Museum of Turin, Italy.
Collection:  Zaverio Calpini , circa 1876; Callegari gives an earlier date 1864 (1931: 514).
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Provenance:  Nochistlán o Xoxocotlán (Callegari 1931: 514).
Measurements:  23.5 cm.
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Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Africa, America, Australasia: the Ethnological Collections, Civic Museum of Turin, 1978: 66, fig. 17.
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Glyphs:  In the headdress, glyph M "Cocijo", seen sideways. Beside the jaw, numeral 1 (1 M).
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Key:  MDO 32
Actual Location:  Dolores Olmedo Museum, Mexico City, México (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 32
Provenance:  Probably Etla, Oaxaca
Measurements:  51 x 46 cm.
Color:  Dark grey clay
Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Caso & Bernal 1952: 98, fig. 163; Boos 1966b: 65; 50-peso bill circa 1973; Eubanks 1999: 137-138, fig. 110; Sellen 2002: 9, fig. 5e y 11, fig. 8.
Comments:  This piece was probably found by Fernando Sologuren at the beginning of 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 Machida Armilia Van Rijn and then, in 1964, it was acquired by Dolores Olmedo Patiño (personal communication Patricia Van Rijn, 1999). For other types, see MNA 6-635, cm.A 44.78, MFVV 55.158, EMB 24882 and MFR s/n 1. For an analysis of this type, see Sellen 2002: 9. For the same Etla style, see MDO 33 and MFR 12619.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress flanked by two glyphs of small plants and then, two glyphs for corn. The figure in the headdress corresponds to the Cocijo (glyph M).
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Key:  MFR 12583
Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico.
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Registration:  MFR 12583 / INAH 3263
Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  50 x 38 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD  Click to view Chronology
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Comments:  This figure is missing the head and part of the left hand. However, we can see that it was carrying a bag of incense in this hand. The right hand is stretched out, palm up.
Glyphs:  The face of an owl is tied to the right arm and glyph M (Cocijo) to the left arm.
Dating:  F57

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Key:  MFVV 55.158
Actual Location:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, Austria.
Collection:  Edward Seler
Registration:  55.158
Provenance:  Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  102.5 x 95 cm. (!) ; Boos da otras medidas 41 x 38 cm.
Color:  Traces of red paint. The face is painted in blue.
Chronology:  MA IIIB (Winter 1994a: 150); Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Seler 1960: plate 17; Bernal 1966: 81, fig. 1; Boos 1966b: 73, fig. 52; Winter 1994a: 150.
Comments:  For other examples, see MNA 6-635, cm.A 44.78, EMB 24882, MDO 32 and MFR s/n 1. For an analysis of this type, see Sellen 2002: 9.
Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Cocijo mask (glyph M) flanked by two ears of corn.
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Key:  MNA 6-4846
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Registration:  6-46
Provenance:  Tomb 109, Monte Albán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  25 cm.
Color:  Grey clay with red pigment.
Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Caso 1938: 92-95, fig. 105; Caso & Bernal 1952: 122, 286, figs. 193, 434; Easby et al. 1970: 145; Bernal 1979: 145.
Comments:  Cocijo's representation in the headdress. The eyes on the woman's face are decorated with shell. Found in tomb 109, in 1937, during Alfonso Caso's sixth field season. The tomb was dated MA II-IIIA (transition).
Glyphs:  Glyph M "Cocijo" in the headdress.
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Key:  MNA 6-806
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Registration:  6-806
Provenance:  Ocotlán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  26 cm.
Color:  Grey clay.
Chronology:  MA IIIA (Caso and Bernal 1952: 279); Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 278-279, fig. 425; Paddock 1966: 138, fig. 129.
Comments:  Caso and Bernal use this piece to designate category "Goddess 11 Death". Part of the glyph for corn is now broken, but in the photograph published by these authors in 1952, it was complete.
Glyphs:  There is a mask of glyph M in the headdress and above, a glyph for corn (partially broken). Above the legs, two bars and a numeral 11. In the pectoral's cartouche, glyph M "Death" (11 H).
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Key:  ROM 1922
Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Collection:  Constantino Rickards
Registration:  HM 1922 / 917.4. 33
Provenance:  Zimatlán, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  26.5 x 17 cm.
Color:  Grey clay covered with red pigment.
Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  ROM 1963: 175; Boos1964b: plate XII.
Comments:  A piece from the transition period.
Glyphs:  The mask in the headdress could represent glyph M. Above this mask, there is an early version of glyph C.
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