Frog Yoke

CultureClassic Veracruz
Titles
  • Frog Yoke
Date300–1200 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 × 17 1/4 × 14 3/8 in. (13 × 43.8 × 36.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harry C. Hanszen
Object number65.164
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceAlice Nicholson Hanszen (1900–1977), Houston, until 1965; given to MFAH, 1965.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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Butterfly-shaped Bannerstone
1900–1960
Stone
63.115
Bannerstone, Winged Butterfly Type
1900–1960
Hard stone
63.114
Bannerstone, Winged Butterfly Type
1900–1960
Hard stone
63.113
Bannerstone, Notched Butterfly Type
4000–1000 BC
Light colored hard stone
63.112
Bannerstone, Distaff Head
1900–1960
Stone
63.119
Bannerstone
1900–1960
Stone
63.118
Bannerstone
1900–1960
Stone
63.117
"H" Shaped Bannerstone
1900–1960
Stone
63.116
Bannerstone, Hourglass Form
1900–1960
Stone
63.121
Double Adze
1900–1960
Hard stone
63.126