Figure of a Poisonous Frog

CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Figure of a Poisonous Frog
Date200–1600 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions2 3/8 × 1 1/8 × 1/2 in. (6.1 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2479
Non exposé

Explore Further

Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

front of object
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.1278
Figure of a Frog
200–1600 AD
Gold
2004.2480
Mortar
3300 BC–1500 AD
Stone
2004.1626
front of object
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.1374.2
front of object
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.1374.1
Frog Pendant
300–1550 AD
Cast gold
2001.1093
front of object
1–700 AD
Gold
2010.1039
Bat Pendant
200–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1367
Shaman Pendant
1–700 AD
Gold
2010.1043
Bat Headed Figural Pendant
700–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1048
front of object
500–1600 AD
Gold
2010.1045.1,.2
front of object
500–1600 AD
Gold
2010.1041