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Pitao Cozobi

The vessel depicts the Zapotec maize god Pitao Cozobi. He can be recognised by the corn cob on the front of his loincloth and the short pleated shoulder cape. In his headdress he wears the so-called glyph "C" from the Zapotec writing system.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Zapoteken
Object type
crock
Dimensions
Height: 22 cm
Depth: 13,1 cm
Width: 15,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 28354

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1144 - 1272
    where
    Mexico
    Oaxaca
    Yaxechi
    who
    Florimond Duc de Loubat (1831-03-31 - 1927-02-28)
    Zapoteken
  • Collecting
    who
    Eduard und Caecilie Seler - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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