DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with abstract image
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/16 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 in. (5.2 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.80
Object numberA.2014.26.80
DescriptionTablet with abstract image. Central element is an upright oval modified by four corners and with a large X-shape filling the center. Two curving shapes at top of oval resemble thick, pointed leaves. Horizontal line crosses top of tablet. Downward curving line crosses tablet at bottom.Artist unrecorded
ca. 1985