Jalisco Sculpture of a Young Horned Toad - PF.0680,Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Catalogue: V2,Collection: Pre-Columbian,Style: Jalisco,Medium: Terracotta. With his broad, bumpy back, this horned toad seems a part of the desert terrain from which he comes. He appears venerable and ancient, old even to the culture that fashioned his image, a survivor from the era before the arrival of man when reptiles ruled the earth.
Antiquities Ancient Central America & Mexico
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