# this frog has been waiting for a snack for about 2,000 years

- Link: https://tacobout.online/2026/10/21/colima-frog-vessel/
- Published: 2026-10-21T11:42:15-05:00
- Author: schwegler

![A brown Colima ceramic frog vessel with a wide open mouth, raised eyes, and small
front feet.](https://i0.wp.com/tacobout.online/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/frog-colima.
jpg?resize=1024%2C827&ssl=1)

this [frog vessel at the Met](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312554)
comes from Colima, Mexico, and dates to somewhere between the second century BCE
and the third century CE. about two thousand years old, and still making the face
you make when someone says they only ordered fries for themselves.

the excellent part is the mouth. a container needs an opening. a frog has a mouth.
put those two facts together and suddenly the useful part of the object is also 
its entire personality.

the little front feet make it better. they are planted firmly. he is prepared to
receive whatever this meeting is about.

there is a very satisfying economy here: the frog does not decorate the container.
the frog _is_ the container. one large mouth, several small toes, no additional 
explanation required.

please put something in him. he has been extremely patient.

Featured image: _Frog Vessel_, Colima, 2nd century BCE–3rd century CE. The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson
A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.332). [Public-domain image and object record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312554).