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Sacred clay tablet with simple cross
Sacred clay tablet with simple cross
Sacred clay tablet with simple cross
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with simple cross

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 1/2 in. (4.8 × 3.9 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.40
Object numberA.2014.26.40
DescriptionSmall tablet with simple cross on rectangular base. Tablet has indentations and distortions that were caused when it was handled before being allowed to dry thoroughly.