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Sacred clay tablet with two hearts
Sacred clay tablet with two hearts
Sacred clay tablet with two hearts
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with two hearts

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 5/16 × 3/8 in. (4.8 × 3.4 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.30
Object numberA.2014.26.30
DescriptionTablet with solid heart near top, encircled by the outline of a larger heart. Straight line extends from larger heart to top of tablet. Branching line passes around base and left side of larger heart. This line loops back and under on right side of base of heart, continuing back toward left edge of tablet.