The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 21, 2026

A gold pendant depicts a figure resembling a squat frog facing left. The head features a wide, horizontal slit for a mouth, topped with two small holes and circular indentations. A horizontal seam joins the upper and lower halves of the body, where dark residue is visible. The yellow metal has a polished but uneven surface with no fine details.

Frog Pendant

200–700 CE

Peru, Moche

gold
Overall: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
Gift of W. J. Gordon 1955.375
Location: Not on view
  • Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1955.375