Effigy (uncertain)

60-14-8

From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 60-14-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fine paste, painted red, black, and white. Mold made? Two frogs are shown, one on top of the other. The object is hollow with opening, which is broken at side. Lower frog has fragments of two "feet" of knobs protruding from his side, upper frog has knob fragment protruding from his back

Height 6.1 cm
Width 5.7 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960

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