Figure of a Frog

Figure of a Frog

Public Domain

CultureQuimbaya or Uraba
Titles
  • Figure of a Frog
Date200–1600 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2480
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
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.

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