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Ancient Americas at LACMA

Artist
Adam Sellen
Object Collection
Zapotec Effigy Vessels
Object Number
MNA 6-4846
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Site Found
Tumba 109, Monte Albán, Oaxaca
Date Range
MA transición; Tani 200 - 350 d.C.
Subject Dimensions
25 cm.
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México, México.
Description

Barro gris con pigmento rojo.

Notes or Gallery Text

Representación del Cocijo en el tocado. Los ojos de la cara de la mujer están decorados con concha. Hallado en la tumba 109 en 1937 durante la sexta temporada de Alfonso Caso. La tumba fecha MA II-IIIA (transición).

Glyphic Inscription
El glifo M “Cocijo” en el tocado.
Subject Bibliography

Caso 1938: 92-95, fig. 105; Caso y Bernal 1952: 122, 286, figs. 193, 434; Easby et al. 1970: 145; Bernal 1979: 145.

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