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Toad/Frog

Shape: zoomorphic, frog/toad, conical spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, painted white VS: closed mouth, outlined in white and with a white centre line, strongly emphasised in relief, red neck, white belly, eyes and nose emphasised in half relief and outlined in white, white bridge of nose, front legs as a corn plant, white volute on each side of the head at eye level RS: tuberous fruit in relief at the end of the body, painted with intersecting lines, crops on the hind legs. (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 17,2 x 13 x 15,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18187

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
Chimbote
who
Moche

who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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