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Sacred clay tablet with geometric representation of a plant
Sacred clay tablet with geometric representation of a plant
Sacred clay tablet with geometric representation of a plant
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with geometric representation of a plant

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 7/16 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 in. (6.2 × 4.5 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.59
Object numberA.2014.26.59
DescriptionTablet with geometric representation of a plant. Squared-off stalk leans from lower left to upper right corner of tablet. Pair of opposing triangular leaves near base of tablet. Two pairs of narrow, squared-off, sylized leaves further up stalk extend to top and right edges of tablet. Narrow horizontal line with small hole in center along base of tablet increases in width on right side.