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LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550 - 950
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VERACRUZ STONE EFFIGY YOKE
LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550 - 950
boldly carved in the form of a toad, the robust earth monster with undulating muscles, legs tightly bent to the body, the wide bulging eyes in roughened texture, the broad open mouth with tongue projecting in similar texture, and parotid gland curving back above the legs; in green-gray stone.
Length 17 in. (43.4 cm.)
LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550 - 950
boldly carved in the form of a toad, the robust earth monster with undulating muscles, legs tightly bent to the body, the wide bulging eyes in roughened texture, the broad open mouth with tongue projecting in similar texture, and parotid gland curving back above the legs; in green-gray stone.
Length 17 in. (43.4 cm.)
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The toad is one of the earliest styles of high relief carved yokes, documented in the Remojadas area of Central Veracruz. The Mexican toad, buffo marinus, has glands containing hallucinogenic toxins which were utilized in ritual ceremonies.