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Key:  CB 7 Actual Location:  Bustamante Vasconcelos Foundation, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Mr. Manuel J. Bustamante Vasconcelos Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  aprox. 26 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  A pot with the representation of an owl. Glyphs:  Four glyphs E above the eyes.

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Key:  CB 8 Actual Location:  Bustamante Vasconcelos Foundation, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Mr. Manuel J. Bustamante Vasconcelos Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  26 x 27 cm. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Compare with MNA 6-636 and MFR 3745. The missing part could have been either a Cocijo face or the glyph for corn.

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Key:  AEG 2.56 Actual Location:  Unknown Collection:  Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  21.5 cm. Color:  Grey; traces of green and burnished Chronology:  Pe 300 - 100 BC.   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966: 136, fig. 123 Comments:  According to Boos this piece represents a goddess, but he provides no arguments for this assertion. Glyphs:  The glyph for blood as earrings.

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Key:  CB 10 Actual Location:  Bustamante Vasconcelos Foundation, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collection:  Mr. Manuel J. Bustamante Vasconcelos Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  19 x 22 cm. Color:  Light grey clay. Chronology:  Pe 300 - 100 BC   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Double vessel with a pouring spout. A jaguar decorates the first vessel.

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Key:  MNA 6-1530 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (exhibited). Collection:  Fernando Sologuren #70 Registration:  6-1530 Provenance:  "La Fe", Ejutla, Oaxaxa. Measurements:  16 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 43, fig. 54; Marcus 1982: 346, fig. 9.13 (drawing) Comments:  This piece has been restored and now, the five vessels attached to the back are complete. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  WM 1961.37 Actual Location:  Worchester Museum, Massachusetts, United States. Collection:  Aldus Chapin Higgins Registration:  1961.37 Provenance:  Monte Albán? Measurements:  38 cm. Color:  Grey clay with red pigment Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Drawing based on an unpublished picture from Shaplin. Comments:  Compare with urn UD T/7 Dainzú. It is also the representation of a woman and has the same glyph and coefficient. Glyphs:  Numeral 1 and a jaguar's head (glyph B) in the headdress (1B).

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Key:  MADR s/n 1 Actual Location:  Anahuacalli Museum, Diego Rivera, Mexico City, Mexico. Collection:  Diego Rivera Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  aprox. 36 cm. Color:  Beige clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Glyphs:  Corresponds to glyph ñ

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Key:  SLAM 180:1979 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Everett Rassiga; Morton D. May Registration:  180:1979 / former loan number 1970:733 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  48.5 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red and yellow pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Parsons 1980: 147, fig. 214 Comments:  The headdress worn by this human figure is a deer's head. See UPM 29-41-726. Glyphs:  Glyph "P" in the face? Dating:  Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, TL no. 2 (500 rads - authentic).

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Key:  SMI 214992 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  Louis Gustave Bellón?; E.O. Matthews. Acquired by the Museum on 19 March 1902. Registration:  Cat. 214992; Acc.# 39096. Provenance:  San Lorenzo Albarradas, District of Tlacolula, Oaxaca (according to Bellón) Measurements:  30 x 18 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1968: 23, plate II. Comments:  Effigy with Cocijo mask sitting on base. Photographs show that Louis Gustave Bellón had three of these effigies in his collection, nos. 303, 27 and 28. All of them are more complete than the Smithsonian urn which is missing the left hand. Therefore there were probably at least four objects in this set. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  UBM C07727 Actual Location:  Übersee Museum of Bremen, Germany. Registration:  C07727 Provenance:  Unknown Color:  Beige clay Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This is an interesting example because the lid is part of the box; therefore, the box is not used to keep objects inside.

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Key:  SLAM 1235:1983 Actual Location:  Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Collection:  Valetta Malinowska; Morton D. May Registration:  1235:1983 / former loan number 1970.101 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  30.5 cm. Color:  Beige clay Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Representation of Cocijo. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress. Dating:  Shaplin and Zimmerman, 1978, TL no. 50 (530 rads - authentic).

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Key:  MFR 1225 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh (date of purchase: 1954) Registration:  MFR 1225 / INAH 3313 Provenance:  Suchilquitongo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  78 x 52 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Howard Leigh, MFR card 1225); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966:99; Boos 1966: plate LXXXIX. Comments:  This monumental vessel is part of a series of four. Three are at the Frissell Museum (catalog numbers: 1225, 927 and 1240). This last piece is not complete, and only the head remains. The fourth piece is located in the Gardiner Museum in Canada (GM 83.1.179). The human figure represented is wearing an alligator's mask. While he was acting curator of the Frissell Musem, Howard Leigh ilegally sold one of the objects and had it removed from Mexico. Possibly he sold it to a man named "Davis" in New Orleans, United States. The piece was later sold to the Canadian George C. Gardiner through Sotheby Parke Bennet in 1975. Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress. The alligator's mask corresponds to glyph V.

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Key:  MNA t/104, nicho S.O. no. 1 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Provenance:  Tomb 104, S-W niche, no. 1, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  26 cm. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Caso and Bernal, 1952:285); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 285 & 289, fig. 438. Comments:  Representation of a woman. Found in the tomb's niche.

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Key:  MNA 6-6118 Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Registration:  18-6 Provenance:  Tomb 104, no. 42, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  19 cm. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Caso and Bernal, 1952); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 131, fig. 215. Comments:  Representation of a woman. Found on the tomb's floor.

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Key:  MNA t/104, 3W Actual Location:  National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. Provenance:  Tomb 104, 3 W, Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  16 cm. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Caso and Bernal, 1952); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 133, fig. 217 Glyphs:  A glyph C in the headdress.

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