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Filagree Pendant in the Form of a Frog or Toad
Coclé500–1000
- Attribution
- Coclé Venado Beach, Coclé province, Panama
- Medium
- Cast gold
- Physical dimensions
- H.: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Wirt D. Walker Fund
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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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