Frog Effigy
Date:
1st/2nd Century
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
2 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches (7 x 3.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
Object number:
1986.61
Effigy 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.
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