Vessel in the form of two Toads Copulating

Unidentified Moche (Mochica) maker

Share

400-600

Red terracotta

Overall: 7 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (19 × 13 × 9.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard J. MacCornack, Class of 1937

56.12.13565

Geography

Place Made: Coastal region, Peru, South America

Period

1-500

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Winter 2013

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

Provenance

Acquired in Peru by Richard John MacCornack, Boulder, Colorado (1914-1998), about 1938; given to present collection, 1956.

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