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Toad/Frog

Shape: zoomorphic, frog/toad, conical spout on the back Colour/technique: dark brown body, painted white VS: closed mouth, outlined in white and strongly emphasised in relief, eyes and nose emphasised in half relief, eyes outlined in white, three white lines on the bridge of the nose, white neck, slightly bulging legs, white and slightly raised volutes on each side of the head at eye level, two beans underneath RS: white tuberous fruit in relief at the end of the body, the hind legs as tuberous fruit, white (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 12,8 x 10,6 x 13,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18192

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
Chimbote
who
Moche

who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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