Vessel in the form of two Toads Copulating
Unidentified Moche (Mochica) maker
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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