DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/8 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (5.4 × 4.2 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.79
Object numberA.2014.26.79
DescriptionTablet with abstract design. Linear star-shape with six arms in center of tablet. Bottom arm is vertical and is connected to a horizontal base. The other arms are crossed by very short perpendicular lines at the tips. From the upper right arm, a plant with four leaves extends to the left.
