Frog effigy bead necklace

Tairona

A.D. 1000–1530

Object Place: Magdalena Department, Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region

Medium/Technique Gold alloy

Dimensions 48.26 cm (19 in.)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Landon T. Clay

Accession Number1972.987

DescriptionNecklace of 34 hollow cast gold frogs or toads separated by spherical spacer beads.

Provenance1972, sold by André Emmerich Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 1972)