Set of Fourteen Frog Effigy Rattle Beads

Set of Fourteen Frog Effigy Rattle Beads

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Set of Fourteen Frog Effigy Rattle Beads
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Set of Fourteen Frog Effigy Rattle Beads
Date500–1550 AD
MediumGold
DimensionsEach bead: 1/2 × 7/8 × 7/16 in. (1.3 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini
Object number99.643.1-.14
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceIacopo Giovanni Gambini (1932–2004) and Ursula Gambini, Houston, until 1999; given to MFAH, 1999.

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