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 | Click to view Chronology | 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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