DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with heart
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 9/16 × 7/16 in. (5 × 4 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.31
Object numberA.2014.26.31
DescriptionTablet with flattened heart-shape at top. Two thick lines flank heart and converge downwards from sides of tablet towards center. Downward curving line crosses bottom section of tablet with several short lines hanging down, resembling a necklace.
