Frog Effigy
Date1st/2nd Century
MediumEarthenware
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions2 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches (7 x 3.5 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
Object number1986.61
DescriptionEffigy platform pipe made of reddish-brown ceramic or natural fire-clay consists of a curved, rectangular platform with a stem hole drilled in the proximal end and a vertical bowl, seated in the center of the platform, carved or modelled in the form of a seated frog. The frog is naturalistically rendered with an upright head and unusually large eye orbits.On View
On viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Wing A, The Americas, Gallery 7
300/100 BC
1300/1500
19th Century
c. 1840
c. 1880
c. 1850
c. 300
late 19th Century