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Mayan Blackware Vessel with Hallucinatory Toad Effigy - PF.0407
Origin: Peten, Guatemala
Circa: 300
AD
to 600
AD
Dimensions:
8" (20.3cm) high
Catalogue: V2
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
Location: UAE
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| Description |
This plump toad is the Bufo Marineas, native to
southern Mexico and Guatemala, and reverred
for his hallucinogenic qualities. He opens his
wide mouth as if to sing joyously about his
wondrous, magical dreams. The sphere on which
he sits is perhaps a jungle fungus, or maybe, to
the toad's expanded vision, it is the entire world.
- (PF.0407)
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