DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 7/16 × 2 5/16 × 3/8 in. (6.2 × 5.8 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.82
Object numberA.2014.26.82
DescriptionTablet with abstract design. A form somewhat similar to a mushroom with a broad, upward curving stem and elongated cap extending from bottom to top of the tablet. A curving line at the top of the tablet is just above the cap and closely follows its contour. Four short lines attached to the curving line point upwards. At the base of the tablet, a large wedge divides the stem shape.
