DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with plant-like form
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/16 × 1 1/2 × 9/16 in. (5.2 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.34
Object numberA.2014.26.34
DescriptionTablet with plant-like form in center. Four squares apparently represent leaves attached to a long stalk placed diagonally across tablet from lower left to upper right. Two of the squares are attached to the stalk at the left and right sides of the tablet. Two more leaves are attached to Y-shaped branch extending towards top of tablet.
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1985
