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gold frog. This frog, made in the Panama region, Central America, in the period AD 900-1200, and said to have been recovered from a grave at Colon, along with two other small gold items. The frog is actually made of a gold-copper alloy called tumbaga; in the finishing process the copper has been leached from the surface with acid and the remaining gold then burnished.
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- Title: frog, gold
- Location: Colon/Panama
- Provenance: Presented to the citizens of Auckland by Sir George Grey
- Rights: © Auckland Museum CC BY
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Medium: Gold, copper alloy, tumbaga
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