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Key:  ROM 373 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 373 Provenance:  Santa Cruz Mixtepec, Ocotlán District, Oaxaca. Measurements:  18 cm. Color:  Grey clay with a beige coating. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This jaguar head is similar to another at the Smithsonian Institution, which is more complete (SMI 115034). Glyphs:  Glyph # 109 on the head's crown (broken). Dating:  TL by Lazos, Ortiz, Ruvalcaba and Sellen, 1999, test #090313: authentic.

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Key:  ROM 495 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 495 / 917.4.38 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  26 cm. Color:  Grey clay with a rusty color. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1964b: plate XVI. Glyphs:  In this piece's headdress, there is a mask representing glyph U, the nose of which is broken. Above this mask, there is a glyph representing corn.

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Key:  ROM 559 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 559 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  12 cm. Color:  Grey clay. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Glyphs:  This piece is missing the upper part of the headdress, which could have been the glyph for corn (J). The epsilon or "blood" glyph hangs from the ears. The spirals in the dress are glyphs to represent the "heart".

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Key:  ROM 65 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 65 / 917.4.32 Provenance:  Etla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  20 cm. Color:  Light grey clay with traces of red pigment, particularly on the face and Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1964b: plate XIX. Comments:  This piece has a companion (see ROM 67) which is more complete. Also, the piece under ROM 1940 could be the companion of pieces ROM 65 and ROM 67, because, according to a PIXE test, the ceramic paste is almost identical for the three objects. Glyphs:  It had glyph C in the headdress (broken).

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Key:  ROM 653 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 653 / 917.4.39 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  18 cm. Color:  Light grey clay. Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1964b: plate XV. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Dating:  TL by Lazos, Ortiz, Ruvalcaba and Sellen, 1999, test #090316: authentic.

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Key:  ROM 67 Actual Location:  Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Constantino Rickards Registration:  HM 67 Provenance:  Etla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  23 cm. Color:  Light grey clay with traces of red pigment, particularly on the face and Chronology:  Tani 200 - 350 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  This piece has a companion, which is not as complete (see ROM 65). ROM 1940 could also be the companion of pieces ROM 65 and ROM 67 because, according to a PIXE test, the ceramic paste is almost the same for the three objects. Glyphs:  It has glyph C in the headdress.

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Key:  GM 83.1.89 Actual Location:  Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  George C. Gardiner Registration:  G 83.1.80 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17.2 cm. Color:  Grey clay with traces of red pigment. Chronology:  Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Comments:  Two vessels adhered to the back. Also see: MFR 2487, MFR 7748, MDO 40, MNA 6-2000, MNA 6-2001, MNA 6-235, MNA 6-257, EMB 28355.

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Key:  GM 83.1.179 Actual Location:  Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada. Collection:  Howard Leigh (date of purchase 1954); Davis; George C. Gardiner. Registration:  G83.1.179 Provenance:  Suchilquiltongo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  76 cm. Color:  Beige clay. Chronology:  MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 90); Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, 1968: no. 108; Boos 1966b: 90; Sotheby Parke Bennet 1974 (October 11): 284; Sotheby Parke Bennet 1975: 366; Winter 1990: 131, fig. c. Comments:  This monumental vessel is part of a series of four. The other three are at the Frissell Museum: cat. MFR 927, INAH 3313 and MFR 1240. From this last piece, only the head exists. Howard Leigh removed one of these pieces from Mexico and sold it to an individual by the name of "Davis" who lives in New Orleans, United States. Then the piece was auctioned at Sotheby Parke Bennet in 1975 where it was acquired by George C. Gardiner. Glyphs:  Glyph C in the headdress. Dating:  TL by Lazos, Ortiz, Ruvalcaba and Sellen, 1999, test #GAR107: authentic.

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Key:  MACP 6-868 Actual Location:  Carlos Pellicer Archaeology Museum, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Registration:  Before MNA-6-868 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  17 cm. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Caso and Bernal 1952: 70, fig. e. Comments:  Based on a drawing by Mendoza. Bat head. In this case, the eyebrows look like number bars. Glyphs:  The epsilon or "blood" glyph as necklace.

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Key:  MFVM 04.97 Actual Location:  Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich, Germany. Registration:  4.97 Provenance:  Unknown Measurements:  27 cm. Color:  Dark grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIB-IV (Boos 1966b: 326); Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 326, fig. 300. Comments:  Drawing based on Mendoza. Glyphs:  The epsilon or "blood" glyph is shown in the corners of the mouth and also, around the pectoral, which is shaped as a heart.

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Key:  MQB 34.13.3663 Actual Location:  Musée du quai Branly (Previously Musée de l’Homme), Paris, France. Collection:  Auguste Genin Registration:  34.13.3663 Provenance:  Monte Albán, Oaxaca. Measurements:  16.6 x 11.8 cm. Color:  Grey clay with a lighter grey coating. Chronology:  Xoo 600 - 800 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 409, fig. 378. Urcid 1992: vol. II,102, fig. 4. (glyph only) Comments:  Piece with two glasses adhered to the back. Glyphs:  The figure's headdress corresponds to glyph Ñ. A bar under the face and two dots in the hair (2 Ñ).

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Key:  BM 1946/AM/19/5 Actual Location:  British Museum, London, England. Registration:  1946/AM/19/5 Provenance:  Tyllo, Oaxaca. Measurements:  32 cm. Color:  Cream with light grey coating. Chronology:  Peche 500 - 600 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 406, fig. 374. Comments:  The figure is holding a non-identified object in the hands. However, it could be a bag of incense. It wears a mouth jaguar mask and has rosettes in the headdress. There is also a plaited cord in the headdress, on the left side.

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Key:  MFR 1233 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Mexico. Collection:  Howard Leigh Registration:  1233 Provenance:  Ejutla, Oaxaca. Measurements:  28 cm. Color:  Brown Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b:463); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 463, fig. 431; Noguera 1959: 437; Anton 1968: fig. 120. Comments:  Fragmented piece. It may represent a young ball-game player with part of his head shaved.

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Key:  SMI166071 Actual Location:  Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States. Collection:  George Gustave Heye Registration:  Old number from MAI 16/6071; New number from SMI 166071.000 Provenance:  San Felipe Tejalapan, Oaxaca. Measurements:  47 cm. Color:  Grey clay Chronology:  MA IIIA (Boos 1966b: 379); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Arts of Pre-Columbian Mexico, 1929; Boos 1966b: 379, fig. 348. Before, this piece was at the Museum of the American Indian in New York (MAI). Glyphs:  The head piece worn by the human figure corresponds to glyph U.

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Key:  MFR 2884 Actual Location:  Frissell Museum, Mitla, Oaxaca. Collection:  Darío Quero Registration:  INAH 2884; Frissell card 13008. Provenance:  San Felipe Tejalapan, Oaxaca. Measurements:  15 x 16 x 9.8 cm. Color:  Grey clay with brown coating. Chronology:  MA IIIA Paddock 1968 (card); Pitao 350 - 500 AD   Click to view Chronology Reference:  Boos 1966b: 378, fig. 347; Paddock 1966: 136, fig. 119. Comments:  The person represented in this effigy wears a helmet-like headress that corresponds to the glyph U, the deity Cosanna. Above the eyes of this being are two glyphs for maize. The central element of the headress could represent the tail of this creature. Glyphs:  The mask in the headdress corresponds to glyph U. Glyph J above both eyes of the mask.

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