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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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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