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Frog yoke

El Tajin, Veracruz, Gulf Coast, Mexico
Frog yoke
 400 CE-800 CE

Medium
serpentine

Measurements
46.0 × 39.0 × 13.1 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented anonymously, 1980

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
El Tajin, Veracruz, Gulf Coast, Mexico

Accession Number
PC131-1980

Department
Pre-Columbian Art

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Physical description
Image of crouching frog in the guise of the earth god.

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