MOCHE PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRA COTTA FIGURE MODELED AS TOAD WITH SPOUT ON BACK,Peru, 100-600 A.D. White paint missing and faded - 5 in. x 7 in. Estimate $300-400
PROVENANCE: Private collection acquired from antique shops in Bogota, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador, and San Jose, Costa Rica, during the late 1960s-early 1970s when owner was working for World Bank in those countries. Collection was authenticated by Betty Meggars, Latin American Archaeologist at the Smithsonian Institute
