DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 7/16 × 7/16 in. (4.9 × 3.7 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.84
Object numberA.2014.26.84
DescriptionTablet with abstract design. A triangle with two small organic shapes at the apex apparently rests in a crescent-shaped container. Two tall plants, each having three pairs of opposite leaves, flank the triangle inside the apparent container, which has a trapezoidal base.
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
