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Sacred clay tablet with abstract image
Sacred clay tablet with abstract image
Sacred clay tablet with abstract image
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.