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Ecuador, Pre-Columbian

  • Titles Figure (Descriptive)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Marlowe, 1975.88.15
  • Work Type figure
  • Classification Sculpture

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Miniature gold frog.
Feathered serpent tied into knot with rattles visible at back. Atypical in having human head connected to body. Characteristic undilating headband with knot at front center. pendant earlugs (indicative of Quetzalcoatl). No carvings on base, apparently cut from larger piece (?). Tip of nose broken.
Jug with ornate incised designs, diety vessel with stirrup handle and single spout, mask flanked by pair of animals. Consists of a modelled monkey figure and a spherical spouted form connected by a "bidge-like" handle. The posterior portion is divided into panels featuring birds on a stippled ground.
Figure, Mexico, Pre-Columbian, stone