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Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with abstract design

NameTablet
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 5/8 × 3/8 in. (4.9 × 4.2 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.14
Object numberA.2014.26.14
DescriptionTablet with abstract design curving diagonally from left top to bottom right of tablet. Three diamond shapes, two hollow and one solid, angled in a row. Botanical shape (flower stalk with leaves?) along base of tablet.