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

Provenance and sources

when
1144 - 1272
where
Mexico
Oaxaca
Yaxechi
who
Florimond Duc de Loubat (1831-03-31 - 1927-02-28)
Zapoteken

who
Eduard und Caecilie Seler - Collectors

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