Unknown Central and South American
Figure of a Poisonous Frog

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

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

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

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.

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