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Toad Effigy Vessel900–1200 CE

Not on view
Burnished dark gray ceramic vessel with globular body and cylindrical neck, decorated with a modeled frog figure clutching a bundle of reeds in low relief

Unknown, Toad Effigy Vessel, 900–1200 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Toad Effigy Vessel
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Coastal Piedmont
Date Made
900–1200 CE
Medium
Fine orange ceramic with plumbate slip
Dimensions
Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1993.217.17
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Fields, Virginia M. Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico. London: Scala; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.
  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot and Green, Judith Strupp. Precolumbian Flora and Fauna: Continuity of Plant and Animal Themes in Mesoamerican Art. San Diego, CA: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, 1990.