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Toad Ocarina700–900 CE

Not on view
Small ceramic sculpture of a hybrid frog- or fish-like figure with a wide open mouth, bulging eyes, and a fish-tail lower body, with traces of blue and red pigment
Title
Toad Ocarina
Place Made
Mexico, Southern Veracruz, Nopiloa
Date Made
700–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 9 in. (22.86 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Art Museum Council in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.90.168.26
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Art of Veracruz, February 23, 1971-June 13, 1971; An Exhibit Sponsored by the Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles: Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles, 1971.