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Container for Lime in the Shape of a Frog

A work made of stone with pigment (inlay missing).
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of stone with pigment (inlay missing).

Date:

c. 600–1000

Artist:

Tiwanaku-Wari
South coast peru or northern Bolivia

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Culture

Tiwanaku

Title

Container for Lime in the Shape of a Frog

Place

Bolivia (Object made in)

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600 CE–1000

Medium

Stone with pigment (inlay missing)

Dimensions

3.9 × 2.2 cm (1 1/2 × 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David Bernstein

Reference Number

1976.612

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