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Art of the Ancient Americas
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Artist: Unknown
Stone Frog
A.D. 600–1000
Red stone
9.53 × 10.16 × 17.91 cm (3 3/4 × 4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mark Landrum, B.A. 1961
2015.70.20
Geography:
Made in Central Andes, Peru
Culture:
Central Andes, Bolivia, Tiwanaku Culture
Period:
Early Intermediate Period to Middle Horizon
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Douglas Dawson, Ethnographic Arts, February 29, 2012; Ernest A Gunsfeld III, Illinois; Emile Delatile, Brussels; Mark Landrum, to 2015; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
