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Vessel in frog shape

The reddish figurine vessel in the shape of a frog or a toad toad has a short funnel-shaped neck or spout, which is located on the back of the animal. animal's back. The animal, whose eyelids end in a spiral and which is equipped with four fangs, represents a supernatural being. Depictions of supernatural frogs or toads with fangs are rather rare in Moche art. A comparable vessel from the Gretzer Collection from Trujilo can be found in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin (inv. no. V A 47943).

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
vessels (containers)
Dimensions
145 x 360 x 135 mm
Material/Technique
Earth good
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 31798
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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