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Key:  AMNH 30/136 Actual Location:  American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States Collection:  Manuel Martínez Gracida 1894; Eduard Seler 1896 Registration:  30/136, acc. 1896-20 Provenance:  San Lázaro Zautla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  34 x 28 cm. Color:  White sandstone with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Drawing by Sabino Soriano, in the unpublished work of Manuel Martínez Gracida, second volume, Stone Idols and Statues, 1910: plate 72. Comments:  Described as "stone statue" and made of basalt. According to Martínez Gracida, this statue was found in a grave, in the year 1894. It was Etla's Political Chief, Agustín Robles Arenas, who gave it to him as a present. The head joins to the body via a hole in each part. Glyphs:  Mask of glyph U. Dating:

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Key:  CPA 13 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Anonymous Registration:   Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  20.3 cm. Color:  Gray Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:  Precolumbian Art in New York: Selections from Private Collections, 1969: fig. 73. Comments:  Drawing based on a photograph from Javier Urcid, 04-2003. Glyphs:  Glyph U in the headdress. Dating:

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Key:  MAM s/n 2 Actual Location:  Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico. Collection:  Josué Sáenz Registration:   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". Dating:

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Key:  MCO 0116 Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:   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. Dating:

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Key:  MCO Dainzú Actual Location:  Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, City of Oaxaca, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:   Registration:   Provenance:  Dainzú, Oaxaca. Measurements:  21 x 14 cm. Color:  Grey clay covered with red pigment. Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:   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). Dating:

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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. Dating:

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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). Dating:

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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). Dating:

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Key:  MFR 1706 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:   Registration:  MFR1706 / INAH 2147 Provenance:  Huitzo, San Pablo el Viejo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  25 x 22 x 17.5 cm. Color:   Chronology:  Pe 300 - 100 BC  Click to view Chronology Reference:   Comments:  Early example of glyph U? Glyphs:   Dating:

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Key:  MFR 2482 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:   Registration:  INAH 2482 / MFR 1970 Provenance:  Huitzo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  37 x 31 cm. Color:  Polychromed, yellow and green. Chronology:  MA IIIA (Paddock, MFR card); Pitao 350 - 500 AD  Click to view Chronology Reference:   Comments:   Glyphs:  Glyph U displayed in the headdress, with three reproductions of glyph 109. Dating:  F22

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