Filagree Pendant in the Form of a Frog or Toad

Art Institute of Chicago

Filagree Pendant in the Form of a Frog or Toad

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Date
500–1000
Medium
Cast gold
Culture
Venado Beach
Department
Arts of the Americas
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
32545

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Throughout the ancient Americas, the animal world was closely linked to social hierarchies and obligations. In this worldview, frogs were seen as callers of water in connection with the onset of the rainy season, suggesting a ruler’s ultimate responsibility to the community to virtually ensure the continuity of the agricultural cycle.

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Credit line
Wirt D. Walker Fund
Provenance
Lee E. Montgomery, St. Charles, Ill., by 1951 [documentation in curatorial files]; sold to the Art Institute, 1969.

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Object type
AAT300209261

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  • Representative object from the topic Pre-Columbian Body Adornment
    Pre-Columbian Body Adornment

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