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Results 1 - 7 of 7 for "owl"
Key:  CB 7
Actual Location:  Bustamante Vasconcelos Foundation, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Collection:  Mr. Manuel J. Bustamante Vasconcelos
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Provenance:  Unknown
Measurements:  Aprox. 26 cm.
Color:  Grey clay
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology
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Comments:  A pot with the representation of an owl.
Glyphs:  Four glyphs E above the eyes.
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Key:  CPA 4
Actual Location:  Private collection in Mexico
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Provenance:  Unknown
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Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Boos 1996: 62, fig. 42
Comments:  Elaborate headdress with two figures wearing owl helmets.
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Key:  MACP A-0283
Actual Location:  Museum of Archaeology Carlos Pellicer, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
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Registration:  A-0283
Provenance:  Unknown
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Color:  Grey
Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 176, fig. 299
Comments:  Bottle form that represents an owl.
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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:  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.
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Glyphs:  Two bars and two dots in (12) under the hands. In the headdress, glyph F (owl) (12 F).
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Key:  MNA 1944
Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Provenance:  Etla, Oaxaca.
Measurements:  15 cm.
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Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD  Click to view Chronology
Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 176, fig. 300.
Comments:  Demijohn with owl face.
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Key:  SMI 215142
Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States
Collection:  Louis H. Aymé
Registration:  215142
Provenance:  Sin procedencia
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Color:  Grey with traces of red pigment.
Chronology:  Pitao 200 - 500 AD.  Click to view Chronology
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Comments:  Seated figure wearing a bird helmet, probably of a owl.
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