Tairona Gold Frog Necklace

Sotheby’s, New York, May 16, 1995, lot 4, consigned by the trade, acquired in the early 1980’s 

Private Collection, New York, acquired at the above auction

Sotheby’s, New York, November 18, 2000, lot 238, consigned by the above

Jean Hart Kislak, acquired at the above auction

The suite of fourteen gold frogs are subtly graduated in size, each amphibian is cast with splayed tapering legs, uplifted triangular head with wideset small globular eyes, the front legs form suspension loops. It is strung with tiny greenstone and gold spacers.